§ Mr. Roweasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many (a) regular extensions and (b) special extensions were granted to the licensed trade by category of licence in the period 1970 to 1984 by year.
§ Mr. AncramFollowing consultation with police and local authority interests the collection of licensing statistics was curtailed in 1980 and discontinued thereafter. The numbers of regular extensions and special permissions granted to the licensed trade in each year up to 1980 are shown in the "Civil Judicial Statistics, Scotland" copies of which are available in the Library. The numbers of regularpermissions and special permissions granted since 1981 could not be ascertained without disproportionate cost.