§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many licensed public houses there were in(a) North Yorkshire (b) South Yorkshire, (c) West Yorkshire, (d) Humberside and (e) the United Kingdom for each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe available information by county is given in the table. This information is collected only every three years for each licensing area in England and Wales. Figures are produced and published for each county for the year of collection along with a total for England and Wales for the previous year.
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Public houses, etc1 licensed for the retail sale of intoxicating liquor, as at 30 June 1983 to 1992 1982 1983 1985 1986 1988 1989 1991 1992 Humberside — 941 — 1,020 — 1,105 — 1,143 North Yorkshire — 1,657 — 1,678 — 1,714 — 1,757 South Yorkshire — 1,472 — 1,462 — 1,508 — 1,505 West Yorkshire — 2.673 — 2,796 — 2,883 — 2,889 England and Wales 68,373 69,136 70,331 71,200 71,875 72,712 74,229 74,053 1 Includes public houses and hotels etc. (other than those licensed under Part IV of the Licensing Act 1964) having a justices' on-licence which authorises the sale of intoxicating liquor for consumption on or off the premises, unless a condition is attached to the licence prohibiting off-sales.