Home Department written question – answered at on 4 February 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which NHS bodies have replaced primary care trusts as responsible authorities for the purpose of determining a premises license application; and when she plans to update the guidance given to local authorities and potential applicants on the .gov.uk website to reflect the fact that primary care trusts no longer exist.
The Statutory Guidance issued under section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003 was revised in June 2013. This latest version is available on the GOV.UK website and states that the each local authority's Director of Public Health in England (DPH) or Local Health Board in Wales are responsible authorities under the licensing Act 2003.
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