Written Answers
Excisable Liquors, Northern Ireland
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the quantities of beer (standard and bulk barrels), spirits, and wine retained for consumption during the calendar year 1928 in Northern Ireland, and the estimated revenue attributable thereto?
The approximate quantities of beer, spirits and wine retained for consumption in Northern Ireland during the calendar year 1928 and the estimated revenue attributable thereto, are as follow:
| Article. | Approximate quantity retained for consumption. | Estimated attributable Revenue. |
| £ | ||
| Beer | Standard Barrels 186,000 | 721,000 |
| Bulk Barrels 222,000 | ||
| Spirits | Proof Gallons 297,000 | 1,055,000 |
| Wine | Gallons 231,000 | 66,000 |
Foreign Roadstone (Imports)
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give the figures for the last three years of imported foreign roadstone, roadstone quarried by municipal owners of quarries,
| A.—IMPORTS OF FOREIGN ROADSTONE into Great Britain and Northern Ireland. | |||
| — | 1926. | 1927. | 1928. |
| Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | |
| Unmanufactured Granite other than setts and pavement curbs and monumental and architectural objects: | |||
| Consigned from foreign countries | 218,461 | 229,261 | 338,167 |
| NOTE.—Roadstone is not a separate heading in the Trade Returns, but unmanufactured granite is believed to cover the larger portion of foreign imports of materials which are used for road-making. | |||
| B.—QUANTITIES OF MINERALS produced in 1926 and 1927 at Quarries more than 20 feet deep and used for purposes of road-making and ballast | ||||||
| Mineral. | 1926. | 1927. | ||||
| Tons. | Tons. | |||||
| Igneous rock (granite, etc.) | … | … | … | … | 7,707,706 | 7,994,258 |
| Limestone | … | … | … | … | 4,503,928 | 5,003,853 |
| Sandstone | … | … | … | … | 1,506,370 | 1,639,137 |
| Gravel and sand | … | … | … | … | 601,427 | 814,188 |
| Total | … | … | … | … | 14,319,431 | 15,451,436 |
| NOTES.—1926 and 1927 are the only two years for which reasonably complete particulars are available. | ||||||
| It is not possible to give separate particulars for road-making only, but the quantity of ballast included in the figures for Igneous Rocks and Sandstone is probably less than 1 per cent. of the total for those minerals. | ||||||
| Particulars are not available of minerals other than the above-named used for road-making, nor of minerals obtained from quarries less than 20 feet deep. | ||||||
| No separate records are kept of the output from municipally-owned and privately-owned quarries respectively. | ||||||
Poor Law Relief, Devonport And Plymouth
asked the Minister of Health if he will give the cumber of persons in receipt of parish relief in the towns of Devonport and Plymouth respectively, specifying the
| — | Number of Persons in receipt of | Total. | |
| Institutional Relief (including casuals, but excluding lunatics in county and borough asylums). | Domiciliary Relief (excluding persons in receipt of medical relief only). | ||
| 1. Parish of Devonport | 275 | 2,105 | 2,380 |
| 2. Parish of Plymouth | 707 | 2,866 | 3,573 |
and roadstone quaried by private owners of quarries, respectively?
The following statement gives the information which is available:various categories, during the month of February, 1929?
The following statement shows the number of persons in receipt of Poor Law relief on the last Saturday in February, 1929, in the parishes of Devonport and Plymouth.
Housing (Exchequer Contributions)
asked the Minister of Health the estimated total amount of the Exchequer contribution paid under the various Housing Acts in the year ending 31st March, 1929?
The amount included in the Estimates for the year ending 31st March, 1929, in respect of Exchequer contributions under the various Housing Acts is £10,665,000 apportioned as follows:
| £ | |
| 1919 Act | 6,910,000 |
| 1923 Act | 2,000,000 |
| 1924 Act | 1,750,000 |
| 1926 Act | 5,000 |
| £10,665,000 |