Culture Media and Sport written question – answered at on 8 May 2009.
Tobias Ellwood
Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport)
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many personal licences to sell alcohol are held.
Gerry Sutcliffe
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) (Sport)
The latest Alcohol, Entertainment and Late Night Refreshment Licensing bulletin shows that for the year ending March 2008 there were 338,900 personal licence holders in England and Wales, based on 97 per cent. returns from licensing authorities. A personal licence authorises an individual to supply or authorise the supply of alcohol in accordance with a premises licence or temporary event notice under the Licensing Act 2003.
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