§ Commander BELLAIRSasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury in what way the receipts on the beer duty are affected by the new financial arrangements with Ireland; how much the anticipated decrease of revenue from the beer duty is due to this cause; whether the duty on Dublin stout consumed in this country will benefit Great Britain in the same way as imported beer; and, if so, where can the estimate be found in the published figures?
Mr. YOUNGReceipts from beer duty in the current year will not be credited to the Imperial Exchequer so far as they are derived from beer consumed in the Irish Free State. The reduction in the Budget Estimate of the receipts from the Excise Duty on beer for the current year (£94,480,000) as compared with the receipts for the last financial year (£121,865,000) is due in part to an anticipated fall in consumption and in part to the revenue which is now attributable to the Irish Free State. In arriving at these figures the sum of £5,500,000 has been taken as the best estimate which can be
Calendar Year, 1921. Description. At Full Rate. At Preferential Rate. Quantity. Amount of Duty. Quantity. Amount of Duty. Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Imported, refined 9,019,413 11,567,737 367,808 392,869 Imported, unrefined 871,947 816,741 1,767,381 1,633,553 Refined in bond from imported material 10,532,937 13,022,766 5,218,509 5,555,652 Total entered 20,424,297 25,407,244 7,353,698 7,582,074 Deduct drawbacks 150,590 192,604 85,524 91,425 Net retained for home consumption 20,273,707 25,214,640 7,268,174 7,490,649 1724W
January to March, 1922. Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Imported, refined 1,699,182 2,179,730 18,503 19,788 Imported, unrefined 229,790 221,820 550,678 556,480 Refined in bond from imported material 3,128,307 3,866,001 1,376,701 1,459,175 Total entered 5,057,279 6,267,551 1,945,882 2,035,443 Deduct drawbacks 42,324 54,321 12,496 13,361 Net retained for home consumption 5,014,955 6,213,230 1,933,386 2,022,082 made at present of the amount of beer duty which may be attributed to the Irish Free State in 1922–23. The revenue derived from beer brewed in the Irish Free State but consumed in this country will benefit the Imperial Exchequer.