The Home Office and DCMS will publish our report of the impact of the Licensing Act 2003 shortly.
An interim report, published last July, showed that serious violent crime over a whole night fell by five per cent. and that there was a shift in the time that disorder peaked.
We are encouraging local authorities and the police to take decisive action to fine premises or remove licences where there is trouble and we have given the police a range of tools and powers to clamp down on licensees and individuals who abuse the laws.