§ Mr. William Hannanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total number of premises licensed to sell liquor in each of the years 1946, 1956, 1966, and the most recent convenient date; and if he will provide a breakdown of each of these figures into clubs, public-houses, restaurants and hotels.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellThe number of certificates to sell liquor to the public and the number of registrations for the supply of liquor in clubs granted in these years and in 1970 were as follows:
LICENSING CERTIFICATES 1946 1956 1966 1970 Hotels 1,565 1,846 2,319 2,565 Restricted hotels* — — 170 227 Restaurants* — — 201 358 Public houses 4,092 4,142 4,222 4,190 Off-sales 2,224 2,286 3,449 3,766 7,881 8,274 10,361 11,106 Registered clubs Not available 1,132 1,607 1,938 * These categories of certificate were introduced by the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1962.