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 — See all updates

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.

Published 25 October 2012

Last updated 1 October 2026 — Show all updates

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 Removed out of date 'User guide to alcohol and late night refreshment licensing statistics PDF version'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