Alcohol and Late Night Refreshment Statistics Released

The Home Office have released a collection of statistics in relation to the Licensing Act 2003.

This includes the numbers of licences granted, as well as enforcement activity with the figures being collected from Licensing Authorities throughout England and Wales.

The last time this kind of data was published was in 2022.

The data can be found here with a user guide to the statistics here.

Some headline figures that readers may find interesting include:

• There are 224,100 premises licences* in England and Wales
• There are 13,000* club premises certificates in England and Wales
• Just 10,300* licences authorise the sale of alcohol 24/7
• There are 182* Cumulative Impact Areas in place in England and Wales
• Review applications increased 19%* on the year ending March 2022

*as at 31 March 2024