§ Mr. REMERasked the Home Secretary what is the amount of the capital which the Government has invested in the Carlisle liquor control experiment?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANIt cannot be said that the Government have invested capital in the ordinary sense of the words in the Carlisle State-Management Scheme. The system has been that the Exchequer has made advances from time time time for the purposes of the scheme and has charged interest thereon. The total amount so advanced between the commencement of operations in 1916 and the 31st March last was (including interest) £836,449 13s. 7d.; repayments have been made year by year amounting to £449,448 11s. 6d., and the total outstanding at 31st March, 1922, was £387,001 2s. 1d.