Guidance

Home Office alcohol and late-night refreshment licensing statistics: user guide

Includes additional information on alcohol and late-night refreshment licensing statistics.

• From: Home Office
• Published: 25 October 2012
• Last updated: 1 October 2026
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  1. 1 October 2026

     Updated to accompany the publication of 'Alcohol licensing, England and Wales, April 2025 to March 2026'.

  2. 24 October 2024

     Updated to accompany publication of 'Alcohol licensing, England and Wales, April 2023 to March 2024'.

  3. 13 October 2022

     Updated 'User guide to alcohol and late night refreshment licensing statistics'. Removed out of date 'User guide to alcohol and late night refreshment licensing statistics PDF version'

  4. 25 October 2018

     Updated to accompany publication of 'Alcohol and late night refreshment licensing England and Wales 31 March 2018'.

  5. 19 October 2017

     Updated to accompany publication of 'Alcohol and late night refreshment licensing England and Wales 31 March 2017'.

  6. 29 September 2016

     Updated to accompany publication of 'Alcohol and late night refreshment licensing England and Wales 31 March 2016’.

  7. 11 December 2014

     Updated to accompany publication of 'Alcohol and late night refreshment licensing England and Wales 31 March 2014'.

  8. 14 November 2013

     Updated content to accompany the publication of 'Alcohol and late night refreshment licensing England and Wales 31 March 2013'.

  9. 25 October 2012

     First published.

Applies to England and Wales

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User guide to alcohol and late-night refreshment licensing statistics

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Includes further information on the types of licence, the conventions used in the statistics and a glossary of terms.