§ Mr. Alex Carlileasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many establishments in England 145W and Wales were in possession of a full justices on-licence for the sale of intoxicating liquor in each of the years 1981 to 1984.
§ Mr. MellorThe numbers of justices on-licences in force on 30 June in 1982 and 1983 is given, by type of premises, in table 1 of "Liquor Licensing Statistics, England and Wales, July 1982-June 1983" (Home Office Statistical Bulletin 24/83), a copy of which has been placed in the Library of the House. A breakdown of this information by type of licence is available for public houses, and so on, but not for licensed clubs, restaurants or guest houses. Licences for the sale of intoxicating liquor of all descriptions were held by 67,766 of the public houses and so on, with justices on-licences in force on 30 June 1982 and by 68,421 such premises in 1983. Information for 1981 and 1984 is not available.