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Mr. Ron Lewis
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of wine bar licences issued throughout the country annually for the past 15 or 20 years.
Mr. Merlyn Rees
The information available centrally is as follows:
| PREMISES IN ENGLAND AND WALES LICENSED FOR THE SALE OF WINE ONLY OR CIDER ONLY | |||||
| Year | Number of premises | ||||
| 1962 | … | … | … | … | 95 |
| 1963 | … | … | … | … | 82 |
| 1964 | … | … | … | … | 73 |
| 1965 | … | … | … | … | 71 |
| 1966 | … | … | … | … | 72 |
| 1967 | … | … | … | … | 61 |
| 1968 | … | … | … | … | 54 |
| 1969 | … | … | … | … | 57 |
| 1970 | … | … | … | … | 53 |
| 1971 | … | … | … | … | 52 |
| 1972 | … | … | … | … | 53 |
| 1973 | … | … | … | … | 63 |
| 1974 | … | … | … | … | 103 |
| 1975 | … | … | … | … | 172 |
| 1976 | … | … | … | … | 188 |
| 1977 | … | … | … | … | 217 |
Mr. Ron Lewis
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of wine bar licences that have been upgraded to on-licences during the past 15 to 20 years.
Mr. Merlyn Rees
The information available centrally for England and Wales relates only to the total number of licences for the sale of wine only or of cider only extended to on licences for the sale of all liquors in the years 1962 and 1973 inclusive, and is as follows:
| Year ending 30th June | Number of licences extended | ||||
| 1962 | … | … | … | … | 18 |
| 1963 | … | … | … | … | 9 |
| 1964 | … | … | … | … | 3 |
| 1965 | … | … | … | … | 7 |
| 1966 | … | … | … | … | 9 |
| 1967 | … | … | … | … | 11 |
| 1968 | … | … | … | … | 15 |
| 1969 | … | … | … | … | 2 |
| 1970 | … | … | … | … | 2 |
| 1971 | … | … | … | … | — |
| 1972 | … | … | … | … | 2 |
| 1973 | … | … | … | … | 1 |