§ Mr. Nicholas WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of those petrol 159W stations which are also licensed for the retail sale of alcoholic drinks are located in (a) urban areas and (b) rural areas.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe Department has not had cause recently to seek detailed information about the location of licensed garages. Such information as is available relates to the number of garages — petrol stations with off-licences as at 30 June 1986 by petty sessional division. This is given in the table:
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Petty Sessional Divisions Number of garages and petrol stations licensed ENGLAND Berkshire West Berkshire 1 Maidenhead 1 Windsor 1 Total 3 Cheshire Crewe and Nantwich 1 Total 1 Cornwall Bodmin 8 East Pennith 1 Liskerrett 1 Penryn 1 Penwith 3 Pydar 7 South Powder 1 Truro and West Powder 1 Total 23 Cumbria Kendal 1 Maryport 2 Total 3 Derbyshire Chesterfield 5 Derby and South Derbyshire 1 Ilkeston 1 Total 7 Devon Barnstaple 8 Bideford and Great Torrington 7 Honiton 1 Kingsbridge 2 South Molton 4 Total 22 Dorset Shaftesbury 1 Total 1 Durham Darlington 1 Total 1 East Sussex Hastings 3 Battle and Rye 1 161W
Petty Sessional Divisions Number of garages and petrol stations licensed Bexhill 1 Crowborough 1 Hailsham 1 Total 7 Essex Colchester 3 Total 3 Gloucestershire Gloucester 2 Cheltenham 1 North Cotswold 1 Total 4 Hampshire Southampton 1 Basingstoke 1 Total 2 Hereford and Worcester Pershore 1 Ross 1 Total 2 Hertfordshire Dacorum 5 Total 5 Humberside Epworth and Goole 1 Holme Beacon 1 Total 2 Kent Ashford and Tenterden 1 Maidstone 2 Total 3 Lancashire Burnley 1 Chorley I Wyre 1 Total 3 Leicestershire Market Harborough 1 Rutland 1 Total 2 Lincolnshire East Elloe 1 Spilsby and Skegness 2 West Elloe 1 Total 4 Merseyside South Sefton 1 Total 1 Norfolk Cromer 2 162W
Petty Sessional Divisions Number of garages and petrol stations licensed Downham Market 1 Fakenham 2 Great Yarmouth 2 Hunstanton 2 Kings Lynn 3 Total 12 Northumberland Hexham 1 Wansbeck 1 Total 2 North Yorkshire Claro 3 Ryedale 1 Staincliffe 2 Total 6 Oxfordshire Oxford City 2 Moreton and Wallingford 1 North Oxfordshire and Chipping Norton 1 Total 4 Shropshire Ludlow 2 Oswestry 1 Shrewsbury 2 Total 5 Somerset Ilminster 1 Sedgemoor 1 Total 2 South Yorkshire Rotherham 1 Total 1 Suffolk Bury St. Edmunds 1 Total 1 Surrey Farnham 2 Staines and Sunbury 2 Total 4 Tyne and Wear Newcastle Upon Tyne 2 Total 2 Warwickshire Kineton 1 Warwick 1 Total 2 West Midlands Stourbridge 1 Total 1
Petty Sessional Divisions Number of garages and petrol stations licensed West Yorkshire Bradford 2 Wakefield 2 Total 4 Wiltshire Bradford on Avon 1 Trowbridge 1 Whorwellsdown 1 Total 3 Total England 148 WALES Clwyd Colwyn 3 Dyffryn Clwyd 1 Total 4 Dyfed Amman Valley 3 Carmarthen 1 Cemaes 1 Dewsland and Haverford West 5 Fishguard 2 Gogledd Ceredigon 3 Llanelli 2 Milford Haven 1 Narbeth 3 Newcastle Emlyn 1 Pembroke 4 Pencader 1 Tenby 3 Whitland 2 Total 32 Gwent Bedwelty 1 Newport 1 Total 2 Total Wales 38 Total England and Wales 186
§ Mr. Nicholas WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what information he has concerning the percentage of total profit generated on average by the retail sales of alcoholic drinks by those petrol stations which are also licensed for such sales;
(2) whether he has any information concerning the percentage of customers using the shops at those petrol stations licensed for the retail sale of alcohol who also buy petrol.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggWe have no such information.
§ Mr. Nicholas WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received about the provision in the Licensing Bill which would remove the licence for the retail sale of alcohol from petrol stations in rural areas which hold such licences.
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§ Mr. Douglas HoggSince the clause relating to garages was added to the Licensing Bill, seven letters have been received of which all but one have opposed the amendment.