http://www.culture.gov.uk/reference_library/publications/6603.aspx

The following from John King on http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=141223114767&ref=mf

"No evidence of negative impact of live music licensing" according to the DCMS 'statisticians'.

So, according to the DCMS; the House of Commons Select Committee, The Live Music Forum, the MU, Equity, UK Music etc are all wrong. According to the DCMS's... own statistical bulletins 114,261 premises have lost the entitlement to stage any form of live music since Nov 2005.
More rubbish from the DCMS 'statisticians' who have discreetly added Scotland and Northern Ireland to the live music employment 'statistics'.