Lieut.-Colonel GUINNESSasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total yield of the Excise Duty on beer for the 1002W year ending 31st March, 1922, and also the number of standard barrels brewed in England, Scotland, and Ireland, respectively?
Mr. YOUNGThe approximate total yield of the Excise Duty on beer for the year ended 31st March, 1922, was£121,865,000. The number of standard barrels of beer brewed in the same period was as follows:—
Standard Barrels. England and Wales … 19,533,006 Scotland … 1,339,542 Ireland … 2,641,226