Viscountess ASTORasked the Home Secretary if he can give figures showing the amount of beer and the amount of spirits consumed in 1918 and 1920, respectively; and the number of aggravated assaults, assaults on constables, and attempted suicides in the same two years?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSThe amounts of beer and spirits actually consumed cannot be stated. The amounts on which duty was paid for consumption in the United Kingdom were:
Standard barrels. Beer, 1918 … 12,790,705 Beer, 1920 … 26,919,542 Gallons. Spirits, 1918 … 15,115,062 Spirits, 1920 … 22,138,488 Nor can the number of assaults committed or of attempts at suicide be stated. The numbers of persons actually proceeded against for attempted suicide were:
1918 … … … … 666 1920 … … … … 1,499 As regards the other offences, the numbers of persons proceeded against summarily were:
Aggravated assault, 1918 253 Aggravated assault, 1920 607 Assaults on Constables, 1918 1,828 Assaults on Constables, 1920 6,625