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Alcohol

Answer

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport does not hold specific information on why licences were refused, revoked or reviewed. The first comprehensive data collection exercise under the new licensing arrangements took place in 2007 and subsequently 2008 and 2009. Information on the numbers of licences reviewed, revoked, suspended or withdrawn for this period can be found on the department’s website: http://www.culture. gov.uk/what_we_do/alcohol_and_entertainment/3192 .aspx. The Licensing Act 2003 came into force in November 2005. The terms "representations", "responsible authorities" and "reviews" derive from that statute and did not appear in alcohol licensing legislation prior to then. The old and new systems of regulation are fundamentally different. The table lists the number of premises licences and club premises certificates granted and those refused for the years 2006-07 to 2008-09 in England and Wales, as collected in the Alcohol, Entertainment and Late Night Refreshment Licensing Statistics Bulletin.

Type of licence	2006-07 Licences granted/refused	2007-08 Licences granted/refused	2008-09 Licences granted/refused
Premises Licence	1420/220	11,700/310	10,600/280
Club Premises Certificate	330/6	190/3	200/4

Prior to the 2003 Act coming into force in 2005, Liquor Licensing in England and Wales was a triennial publication that contained statistics on liquor licences issued under the Licensing Act 1964. During this period alcohol licensing statistics were compiled from returns submitted by magistrates’ courts in England and Wales and had a reporting period of 1 July to 30 June. These data were collated by the Home Office up until 2001. From 2004 the Department for Culture, Media and Sport had responsibility for publishing this data. The table therefore lists the total number of licences applied for and total number of licences granted, between 1995 and 2004. As with data collected since 2005, DCMS does not hold specific information on why licences were refused.

Year to 30 June	Licences applied for	Licences granted	Registered Clubs applied for	Registered Clubs granted
1995	6,124	5,552	684	639
1998	7,034	6,118	707	539
2001	7,363	6,482	1,126	1,045
2004	7,958	7,717	704	557

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

2084; 717 c266-7WA

Session

2009-10

Subjects

Alcoholic drinks Licensing Licensed premises Licensing laws

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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