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Thread #126147   Message #2974854
Posted By: GUEST,The Shambles
28-Aug-10 - 07:24 PM
Thread Name: Licensing consultation announced!
Subject: RE: Licensing consultation announced!
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many licensed premises did not have authorisation to provide facilities for making music on 31 March 2009.[ HL1781]

You ask a simple question and .................

The question seems to be clear enough. The answer is not clear and perhaps this is intentional. DCMS alway went to great pains to explain that there was to be only one licence. The answer gives the impression that there are now two - Premises Licences and Club Premises Certificates.

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Lord Strathclyde):
On 31 March 2009 there were 197,900 premises licences in force and 17,300 club premises certificates in England and Wales. The estimated total premises licences without authorisation for facilities for making music was 145,500, and the total club premises certificates without authorisation for facilities for making music was 11,500 as at 31 March 2009. The estimated total premises licences without facilities for entertainment similar to making music or dancing was 164,500, and the total club premises certificates without facilities for entertainment similar to making music or dancing was 13,500 as at 31 March 2009. Multiple activities can apply to a particular premises.


So can someone explain to me from this answer, on the the 31 March 2009, how many licensed premises there were in total and how many of them were not authorised to provide facilities for making music?