Viscountess ASTORasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the annual profits of the State management scheme of the drink trade in Carlisle for each year since its inception?
§ Mr. CLYNESThe annual profits of the Carlisle State Management District shown in the accounts (after payment of interest on outstanding Exchequer issues) are as follow:
£ 18th January, 1916, to 31st March, 1917 31,204 Year ended 31st March, 1918 76,189 Year ended 31st March, 1919 96,519 Year ended 31st March, 1920 139,263 Year ended 31st March, 1921 108,375 Year ended 31st March, 1922 60,616 Year ended 31st March, 1923 61,813 Year ended 31st March, 1924 68,674 Year ended 31st March, 1925 76,943 Year ended 31st March, 1926 85,722 Year ended 31st March, 1927 77,069 Year ended 31st March, 1928 68,998 Year ended 31st March, 1929 58,147 Total £1,009,532 The City of Carlisle is not distinguished in these accounts from the rest of the Carlisle district as defined by the Licensing Act, 1921.
1728Wother sources, in the years stated were as set out below. Sums issued from sinking fund moneys to the National Debt Commissioners for the purchase of bonds surrendered for Death Duties are included in the figures. The amounts stated are net, account having been taken of fresh borrowing in respect of the Budget deficits in 1925 and 1926: