On-and-Off Licences, Scotland (Yield).

HC Deb 01 July 1909 vol 7 cc735-6W

Mr. YOUNGER

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can state the yield from Scotland in the last financial year of the duty paid by on-licence holders, the duty paid by off-licence holders, and the proportion of the £2,600,000 expected from Scotland apportioned between the off and on-licences, respectively?

Mr. LLOYD-GEORGE

The amounts of Licence Duty paid in Scotland in the year ended 31st March, 1909, by on-licence holders and by off-licence holders were £135,000 and £56,000 respectively. As I informed the hon. Member for Rutland on 21st May, I am not in a position to give an exact estimate of the yield of the new Licence Ducies under each head.