HC Deb 12 June 1978 vol 951 c311W
Mr. Ron Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of wine bar licences issued throughout the country annually for the past 15 or 20 years.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

The information available centrally is as follows:

PREMISES IN ENGLAND AND WALES LICENSED FOR THE SALE OF WINE ONLY OR CIDER ONLY
Year Number of premises
1962 95
1963 82
1964 73
1965 71
1966 72
1967 61
1968 54
1969 57
1970 53
1971 52
1972 53
1973 63
1974 103
1975 172
1976 188
1977 217

Mr. Ron Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of wine bar licences that have been upgraded to on-licences during the past 15 to 20 years.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

The information available centrally for England and Wales relates only to the total number of licences for the sale of wine only or of cider only extended to on licences for the sale of all liquors in the years 1962 and 1973 inclusive, and is as follows:

Year ending 30th June Number of licences extended
1962 18
1963 9
1964 3
1965 7
1966 9
1967 11
1968 15
1969 2
1970 2
1971
1972 2
1973 1