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Licensed Premises

Volume 459: debated on Friday 20 April 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many businesses were licensed to sell alcohol in each district council area in each of the last six years; how many of those businesses breached their licence over the same period; and what penalty was imposed in each case in which all proceedings are complete. (130922)

I have been asked to reply.

Court data in respect of licensed premises are recorded by Petty Sessions District. The information requested is tabled as follows.

Table A

Petty Sessions District

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Antrim

73

62

56

66

71

70

Armagh

101

104

103

103

104

106

Ards (includes Castlereagh)

146

128

118

124

129

127

Ballymena

85

82

81

89

83

86

Banbridge

63

53

68

70

66

67

Belfast

523

427

470

489

599

566

Craigavon

82

71

70

86

99

101

Down

147

149

148

150

156

151

East Tyrone

199

161

196

185

193

194

Fermanagh

154

123

152

152

158

170

Larne

42

42

41

42

44

44

Limavady

63

64

61

60

57

63

Lisburn

113

103

106

109

100

107

Londonderry

175

155

156

171

182

189

Magherafelt

90

67

77

79

78

79

North Antrim

208

217

195

204

204

207

North Down

98

95

91

100

100

102

Newry and Mourne

175

151

181

188

185

184

Omagh

106

93

110

100

112

115

Strabane

82

79

81

83

82

84

Total

2,725

2,426

2,561

2,650

2,802

2,812

Petty Sessions District

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Antrim

Armagh

Ards (includes Castlereagh)

1 Breach

Fine £400.00

Ballymena

Banbridge

Belfast

2 Breaches

7 Breaches

5 Breaches

1 Breach

Fine £250.00

4 x Fine £75.00 Licence suspended 1 week

2 x Fine £150.00

8 x Fine £50.00

4 x Fine £125.00

Fine £500.00

2 x Fine £400.00

4 x Fine £75.00

Fine £750.00

2 x Fine £500.00

Licence suspended 1 day

Fine £2,500.00 2 x Licence suspended 6 weeks

3 x Fine £1,000.00

2 x Fine £200.00

4 x Fine £500.00

2 x Fine £750.00

2 x Fine £75.00

5 x Fine £250.00

2 x Fine £100.00

3 x Fine £500.00

5 x Fine £750.00

Fine £1,000.00 Licence suspended 1 month

3 x Fine £1,500.00

Fine £75.00

Fine £75.00

Fine £250.00

Fine £100.00 Fine £250.00

2 x Fine £750.00

2 x Fine £150.00

Fine £200.00

Fine £350.00

6 x Fine £75.00

2 x Fine £100.00

2 x Fine £150.00

5 x Fine £250.00

2 x Fine £500.00 Licence suspended 1 week

3 x Fine £100.00

4 x Fine £200.00

Fine £250.00

5 x Fine £500.00

Fine £1,000.00

Fine £1,500.00

Fine £2,000.00

Craigavon

1 Breach

Fine £300.00

Down

1 Breach

1 Breach

Fine £200.00 Licence suspended 1 week

Fine £350.00

Fine £150.00

East Tyrone

1 Breach

2 Breaches

6 Breaches

7 Breaches

Fine £75.00

Fine £140.00

Fine £750.00 Licence suspended 1 week

Fine £200.00

Fine £300.00

Fine £200.00 Licence suspended 1 week

Fine £250.00 Fine £150.00

Fine £300.00

Fine £360.00

Fine £750.00 Licence suspended 1 week

2 x Fine £500.00

Fine £300.00

2 x Fine £500.00

Fine £500.00 Licence suspended 2 weeks

2 x Fine £300.00

Fine £1,000.00

Fermanagh

1 Breach

Fine £450.00

Larne

1 Breach

Fine £500.00

Limavady

1 Breach

Fine £500.00

Lisburn

4 Breaches

Fine £100.00

Fine £300.00

Fine £150.00

Fine £150.00

Londonderry

Magherafelt

North Antrim

North Down

1 Breach

Fine £750.00

Newry and Mourne

1 Breach

Fine £150.00

Omagh

1 Breach

2 x Fine £150.00

Fine £300.00

Strabane

2 Breaches

2 Breaches

4 Breaches

Fine £250.00

Fine £250.00

Fine £500.00

2 x Fine £1,000.00

Fine £250.00

Fine £1,000.00

£2,000.00

£200.00

£500.00

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many alcohol licence applications were made in each district council area in Northern Ireland in each of the last six years; and how many were (a) accepted and (b) declined. (130952)

I have been asked to reply.

Court data in respect of alcohol licence applications in Northern Ireland are recorded by petty sessions district. Similar information was sought last year and published on 9 October. One application refused in Craigavon in 2001 was omitted from the answer provided then. The following table corrects this mistake and shows the number of alcohol licence applications granted and refused in each of the last six years for each petty sessions district.

Number

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Petty Sessions District

Granted

Refused

Granted

Refused

Granted

Refused

Granted

Refused

Granted

Refused

Granted

Refused

Antrim

4

2

1

2

1

5

1

Ards (inc Castlereagh)

10

7

3

11

9

8

Armagh

3

4

9

2

4

5

Ballymena

5

2

5

4

2

4

Banbridge

1

2

1

2

3

1

Belfast

26

2

37

45

5

25

42

50

Craigavon

3

5

——

5

7

5

4

Down

6

8

3

3

10

4

East Tyrone

5

4

1

9

12

8

7

Fermanagh

6

4

8

2

0

2

Lame

0

0

0

4

4

0

Limavady

2

1

0

1

3

3

Lisburn

5

1

4

8

2

6

10

Londonderry

19

10

8

8

12

5

Magherafelt

3

8

3

2

1

2

Newry and Moume

3

3

4

4

4

14

North Antrim

8

9

2

8

9

7

North Down

0

1

5

3

4

6

Omagh

5

2

5

2

6

8

Strabane

0

1

1

3

3

0

Total

114

3

114

1

125

5

107

1

140

0

141

0