§ Mr. J. E. B. Hillasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he
Description of licence Current charge Number issued Gross revenue Total administrative expenditure Average administrative cost per licence £ £ £ £ s. d. Burial Act 1857 Licence for the removal of human remains. 2 204 408 357 1 15 0 Explosives Act 1875 Factory or magazine licence (original). 10 60 600 * * Factory or magazine licence (amending). 5 42 210 * * Importation licence £4 per 2,000 lb. imported.£2 per 2,000 lb. imported for trans-shipment 487 5,846 * * Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 Licence for storage of petroleum spirit. £1–£20 (according to quantity stored) 24 125 * * Dangerous Drugs Act 1965 Licences to manufacture, to supply or procure, to possess, etc. drugs. £1–£40 (according to nature of licence) 509 21,080 36,000 (assessed) 70 13 0 (assessed) * Administrative expenditure in respect of these licences varies according to the premises and the technical problems involved and its assessment would cause a disproportionate amount of work.