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Liquor Licensing in Scotland, 1998-2002

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LIQUOR LICENSING IN SCOTLAND, 1998-2002

Liquor licences in force at 31 December in Scotland, by council area, 1998-2002

Table 4

Council Area

Number of licences

Number per 10,000 population aged 18 and over( 1)

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

Aberdeen City

787

679

692

644

682

45

39

40

37

39

Aberdeenshire

714

722

707

708

683

42

42

41

41

39

Angus

367

372

361

366

365

43

43

42

43

43

Argyll & Bute

651

710

589

626

643

90

98

82

87

89

Clackmannanshire

136

155

133

135

135

37

42

36

37

37

Dumfries & Galloway

755

763

783

747

749

65

66

68

64

64

Dundee City

466

479

472

434

441

40

41

40

37

38

East Ayrshire

359

349

341

341

332

39

38

37

37

36

East Dunbartonshire

151

153

159

160

157

18

18

19

19

19

East Lothian

279

276

238

271

274

41

40

34

39

40

East Renfrewshire

123

109

110

140

114

18

16

16

21

17

Edinburgh, City of

1,881

1,909

1,928

2,006

1,978

52

53

53

55

54

Eilean Siar

86

89

91

90

93

40

42

43

43

45

Falkirk

450

433

415

400

400

40

39

37

35

35

Fife

1,103

1,098

1,104

1,102

1,097

41

41

41

40

40

Glasgow City

1,755

1,723

1,733

1,785

1,659

38

38

38

39

36

Highland

1,417

1,419

1,490

1,359

1,412

88

88

92

84

87

Inverclyde

181

180

192

182

190

27

27

29

28

29

Midlothian

187

193

192

191

191

30

31

31

31

31

Moray

371

361

361

360

367

56

54

54

54

55

North Ayrshire

433

442

431

414

411

41

42

41

39

39

North Lanarkshire

707

703

708

703

699

29

29

29

28

28

Orkney Islands

107

111

113

111

115

71

74

76

75

77

Perth & Kinross

683

691

694

696

688

65

65

66

66

65

Renfrewshire

417

412

422

425

440

31

30

31

31

33

Scottish Borders

454

447

449

446

452

54

54

54

53

54

Shetland Islands

144

144

137

142

144

85

85

82

86

87

South Ayrshire

471

480

482

480

484

53

54

54

54

54

South Lanarkshire

625

634

636

623

588

27

27

27

27

25

Stirling

442

450

425

436

432

67

67

63

65

64

West Dunbartonshire

252

249

253

249

250

35

34

35

35

35

West Lothian

378

383

403

390

394

33

33

34

33

33

Scotland

17,332

17,318

17,244

17,162

17,059

44

44

44

43

43

(1) Based on the estimated population aged 18 and over, as at 30 June of the particular year.
See Annex note 9.1.

Number of licensed premises in Scotland with one or more regular extensions at 31 December 2002, by council area and type of premises

Table 5

Number

Percentage of licensed premises (1)

Council Area

Public House

Hotel

Other

Registered Club

Total

Public House

Hotel

Aberdeen City

213

45

74

64

396

95

94

Aberdeenshire

140

168

43

76

427

91

90

Angus

112

60

25

58

255

97

98

Argyll & Bute

106

146

35

48

335

92

84

Clackmannanshire

35

11

1

37

84

100

92

Dumfries & Galloway

143

173

29

78

423

91

90

Dundee City

161

17

50

0

228

98

85

East Ayrshire

118

30

32

59

239

98

100

East Dunbartonshire

42

3

10

45

100

98

75

East Lothian

62

37

7

65

171

91

90

East Renfrewshire

25

8

8

36

77

96

100

Edinburgh, City of

646

111

191

152

1,100

86

72

Eilean Siar

11

26

1

6

44

92

93

Falkirk

111

28

25

56

220

91

90

Fife

317

134

70

165

686

93

93

Glasgow City

675

54

224

139

1,092

97

100

Highland

180

302

60

70

612

86

73

Inverclyde

52

9

12

46

119

87

100

Midlothian

63

20

6

49

138

97

100

Moray

87

66

15

39

207

94

85

North Ayrshire

110

53

32

65

260

93

88

North Lanarkshire

256

28

37

114

435

93

97

Orkney Islands

16

25

6

10

57

84

93

Perth & Kinross

121

140

62

66

389

84

77

Renfrewshire

172

23

40

71

306

96

96

Scottish Borders

102

95

15

89

301

87

88

Shetland Islands

15

17

42

16

90

83

94

South Ayrshire

133

68

48

48

297

96

86

South Lanarkshire

201

46

30

55

332

88

90

Stirling

98

89

98

45

330

100

100

West Dunbartonshire

64

19

28

32

143

98

100

West Lothian

104

29

22

66

221

94

97

Scotland

4,691

2,080

1,378

1,965

10,114

92

86

(1) The percentage of licensed hotels with regular extensions excludes restricted hotels from the denominator.

Applications for liquor licences in Scotland, by council area, and licence type, 2002

Table 6

Council Area

New applications
(granted + refused)

Number of Applications withdrawn before reaching the board

Number

Percentage granted

On-Sale

Off-Sale

Total

On-Sale

Off-Sale

Total

On-Sale

Off-Sale

Total

Aberdeen City

28

15

43

89

100

93

4

1

5

Aberdeenshire

21

5

26

100

100

100

2

-

2

Angus

7

3

10

100

100

100

-

-

-

Argyll & Bute

9

9

18

100

100

100

-

-

-

Clackmannanshire

-

3

3

-

100

100

1

-

1

Dumfries & Galloway

12

9

21

92

100

95

6

-

6

Dundee City

19

12

31

100

83

94

-

2

2

East Ayrshire

4

6

10

100

100

100

5

-

5

East Dunbartonshire

6

1

7

100

100

100

-

-

-

East Lothian

11

6

17

100

100

100

1

-

1

East Renfrewshire

1

2

3

100

50

67

-

-

-

Edinburgh, City of

49

43

92

100

91

96

9

2

11

Eilean Siar

5

1

6

-

100

100

1

-

1

Falkirk

4

5

9

100

100

100

-

-

-

Fife

16

20

36

81

75

78

10

1

11

Glasgow City

27

57

84

93

82

86

2

4

6

Highland

43

19

62

95

95

95

9

-

9

Inverclyde

7

4

11

100

-

64

2

-

2

Midlothian

3

5

8

100

100

100

1

-

1

Moray

16

8

24

100

100

100

-

-

-

North Ayrshire

7

5

12

100

20

67

2

1

3

North Lanarkshire

8

21

29

100

76

83

1

5

6

Orkney Islands

4

3

7

100

100

100

-

-

-

Perth & Kinross

4

14

18

100

93

94

1

-

1

Renfrewshire

15

7

22

100

100

100

1

1

2

Scottish Borders

9

8

17

100

100

100

-

-

-

Shetland Islands

3

1

4

67

100

75

-

-

-

South Ayrshire

8

11

19

88

73

79

3

2

5

South Lanarkshire

11

10

21

91

70

81

-

1

1

Stirling

13

7

20

100

100

100

-

1

1

West Dunbartonshire

5

3

8

100

100

100

-

3

3

West Lothian

6

6

12

100

83

92

3

1

4

Scotland

381

329

710

96

87

92

64

25

89

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