HC Deb 12 March 1924 vol 170 cc2372-3W
Mr. L. JONES

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the number of excise licences granted to retailers for the off-sale of spirits, beer, or wine, respectively, in England and Wales during the financial year 1922–23, arranged under each grade of annual value and duty?

Mr. GRAHAM

The information asked for is as follows:

Statistics in respect of grades of annual value and rate of duty are not available.

Mr. JONES

also asked the Home Secretary if he will grant a Return showing the number of new off-licences by the justices during the years 1905 to 1922 inclusive, in consideration of the voluntary surrender by the applicants of on-licences, and the number so surrendered?

Mr. HENDERSON

As far as the information desired is available, it is embodied in Tables III (B) and IV (B) of the Annual Volumes of Licensing Statistics. To attempt to make a fresh Return on the subject would involve,inter alia, a laborious search by magistrates' clerks through their records, which I would not feel justified in asking them to undertake.