http://www.thepublican.com/story.asp?sectioncode=7&storycode=67050&c=1

Licensing powers could move to the Home Office

17 May, 2010
By James Wilmore

New ministers at DCMS not given licensing brief, fuelling speculation responsibility could shift

The coalition government has unveiled new ministers for tourism and sport at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), but it remains unclear which one will be in charge of licensing, if any.

I do wish they would get on with it................