(2) which local authorities have adopted cumulative impact areas under the Licensing Act 2003;
(3) how many local authorities have designated cumulative impact areas in their licensing policies.
The data which the Department for Culture, Media and Sport hold on local authority cumulative impact areas were published in the Department’s licensing statistical bulletin on 8 November 2007 and are set out in the table. The data cover cumulative impact areas in force on 31 March 2007 and are based upon a response rate of 80 per cent. of licensing authorities. Details of individual licensing authority statements of licensing policy are not held centrally.
Licensing authority Cumulative impact areas Leeds 4 Bexley 3 Newcastle upon Tyne 3 Bristol 2 Bromley 2 Fareham 2 Merton 2 Pembrokeshire 2 Portsmouth 2 Richmond upon Thames 2 Scarborough 2 Trafford 2 Warwick 2 Aylesbury Vale 1 Birmingham 1 Blackpool 1 Blaenau Gwent 1 Bournemouth 1 Bridgend 1 Cardiff 1 Colchester 1 Croydon 1 Dudley 1 Ealing 1 Easington 1 East Hampshire 1 East Staffordshire 1 Eastbourne 1 Hackney 1 Hartlepool 1 Herefordshire 1 Hinckley and Bosworth 1 Isles of Scilly 1 King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 1 Lancaster 1 Leicester 1 Lichfield 1 Lincoln 1 Middlesbrough 1 Newcastle-under-Lyme 1 Nottingham 1 Oadby and Wigston 1 Oxford 1 Preston 1 Restormel 1 Shrewsbury and Atcham 1 South Tyneside 1 Southend-on-Sea 1 Torbay 1 Wakefield 1 Watford 1 Windsor and Maidenhead 1 Worthing 1 York 1 Note: The number of ‘cumulative impact areas’ published on 9 November 2007 for two licensing authorities were incorrect: Melton licensing authority had recorded the wrong number of cumulative impact areas as six; it has been amended to zero in the revised statistical bulletin published on 15 January 2008. Warwick’s number of cumulative impact areas was incorrectly inputted as four; this has been corrected to two in the revised statistical bulletin published on 15 January 2008.
The Prime Minister was referring to the evaluation of the impact of the Licensing Act 2003 which has been on-going since the new regime came into effect on 24 November 2005.
A variety of officials have worked in the various strands of the project in both the Home Office and Department for Culture, Media and Sport since 2005, some of which are now complete. There are currently eight officials involved in licensing issues in the DCMS's Tourism Licensing and Economic Impact Division who are involved in elements of the evaluation to varying degrees. In addition there are a number of people within the Department who have previously contributed to specific reviews or initiatives.