Culture Media and Sport written question – answered at on 24 October 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2005, Official Report, column 1276W, on licensed premises, if she will estimate (a) the number of licensed premises classified as pubs and (b) the number of licensed premises classified as pubs serving prepared food in England.
There is no distinction made in licensing law between public houses and other forms of premises licensed to sell alcohol. Of 105,595 establishments so licensed in England, my Department estimates that 58,000 are traditional public houses.
In the November 2004 White paper, Choosing Health, the Department of Health estimated that between 10 per cent. and 30 per cent. of those 58,000 establishments serve prepared food. Extensive research on this subject over the summer by Action on Smoking and Health suggests that the true proportion is towards the upper end of that range.
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Paul Mitchell
Posted on 29 Oct 2005 11:53 am (Report this annotation)
The answer to which the hon. Member refers is here:
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2005-06-27.7492.h