Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 85817

Licensing Laws

Tabled: 28 October 2025

Answered: 5 November 2025

Question

Cat Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Licensing Taskforce requested assessments of the potential impact of post-pandemic changes to drinking patterns on (a) crime, (b) violence and (c) anti-social behaviour; and whether those a

Answer

Kate Dearden

The Licensing Taskforce did not request assessments of the potential impact of post-pandemic changes to drinking patterns on (a) crime, (b) violence and (c) anti-social behaviour; however its membership included the National Police Chiefs Council’s lead f...

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