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Liquor licensing statistics 1999
28/06/2000
A National Statistics Publication
A statistical bulletin entitled Liquor Licensing Statistics 1999, is published today by The Scottish Executive Justice Department. Summary information is given below:
Number of Licences in Force
There were 17,318 liquor licences in force in Scotland at 31 December 1999, equivalent to 34 licences in force for every 10,000 persons resident in Scotland. There were almost a quarter more licences in 1999 than in 1980, although there has been little increase since 1996.
More then one third of the liquor licences in force in Scotland were for off-sale premises and a further 30 per cent were for public houses. The distribution of licences by type of premises varied across the country. For example, some 42 per cent of licences in Glasgow City were held by public houses, while in the more rural areas of the island councils and Highland, the proportion held by public houses was around 15 per cent.
The number of licences relative to population varied considerably throughout the country, with the more rural areas having the highest rates and the more urban areas outside of the cities having the smallest rates. The area with the highest rate was Argyll & Bute, with 79 licences in force per 10,000 resident population at 31 December 1999, and the lowest rate was in East Renfrewshire, where there were 12 per 10,000.
A total of 2,501 registered clubs (golf, bowling, social etc.) were registered with Scottish sheriff courts at 31 December 1999, 9 more than in the previous year.
Regular Extensions
The number of premises with one or more regular extensions to permitted hours at 31 December 1999 was 10,468, a reduction of 200 from 1998. Of these, 45 per cent were public houses, 21 per cent were hotels and a further 21 per cent registered clubs.
New Applications for Liquor Licences
There were 743 new applications for liquor licences in Scotland in 1999, almost 200 less than in 1998. Of these, 695 applications (94 per cent) were granted a licence. Three per cent of applications for on-sale licences were refused, compared with 12 per cent of those for off-sales.
BACKGROUND
- This bulletin, Liquor Licensing Statistics 1999 (CrJ/2000/3), provides information, by council area, on the numbers and types of liquor licences in force in Scotland at 31 December 1999. Detailed are numbers of regular extensions to permitted hours, the number and outcome of new applications for licences made in 1999, and the reasons for applications being refused in 1999. There is also information on registered clubs. Some comparisons with previous years are also made.
- Non-media copies of the bulletin can be obtained at the cost of £2.00 from The Stationery Office Bookshop, 71 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH3 9AZ.
News Release: SE1843/2000
28 Jun 2000