§ Mr. Astorasked the Minister of Food how many restaurants and eating houses in England, Scotland and Wales, respectively, have been licensed since June, 1945.
§ Mr. StracheySeparate figures for restaurants and eating houses alone are not available, but the numbers of licences granted to all commercial catering establishments (that is, excluding industrial canteens and institutions), and the numbers surrendered on closure of business between 16th July, 1945 and 15th September, 1948, are as follow:
Country Licences granted Licences surrendered Net increase England 59,169 16,160 43,009 Wales 4,170 1,007 3,163 Scotland 4,529 1,002 3,527 Total 67,868 18,169 49,699