§ Sir Bernard Braineasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the amount of British and imported beer retained for home consumption and the amount of consumption per head of adult population in each of the years 1911–12, 201W 1931–32, 1961–62, 1971–72 and for 1974–75.
BEER RETAINED FOR HOME CONSUMPTION British Beer Imported Beer Consumption per Head of Adult Population (million standard barrels*) (gallons) 1911–12 … … … … 34.4 0.1 42.6 1931–32 … … … … 15.6 1.3 17.4 1961–62 … … … … 18.7 1.0 17.4 1971–72 … … … … 22.8 1.4 20.6 1974–75 … … … … 25.3 1.3 22.3 *A standard barrel is 36 gallons at 1,055 degrees of gravity.
§ Sir Bernard Braineasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the amount of British and imported wines and spirits retained for home consumption and the consumption per head of adult population in gallons of wines and
WINES AND SPIRITS RETAINED FOR HOME CONSUMPTION British Wine Imported Wine Spirits (million gallons) (million proof gallons) 1911–12 … … … … — 11.1 30.9 1931–32 … … … … 2.8 12.8 10.1 1961–62 … … … … 7.3 20.7 15.7 1971–72 … … … … 11.6 43.8 22.1 1974–75 … … … … 16.8 62.6 32.4
CONSUMPTION PER HEAD OF ADULT POPULATION British Wine (gallons) Imported Wine (gallons) Spirits (proof gallons) 1911–12 … … … … — 0.4 1.1 1931–32 … … … … 0.1 0.4 0.3 1961–62 … … … … 0.2 0.5 0.4 1971–72 … … … … 0.3 1.0 0.5 1974–75 … … … … 0.4 1.5 0.8
§ Sir Bernard Braineasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total amount of revenue accruing to the Treasury from the sale of beer, wines and spirits for each of the years 1911–12, 1931–32, 1961–62, 1971–72 and for 1974–75.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonThe information is:
Net receipts of duties on Beer, Wines and Spirits (£ million) 1911–12 37.2 1931–32 114.1 1961–62 418.8 1971–72 998.7 1974–75 1,485* *VAT estimated receipts included.