Written Question·Home Office·UIN 116028

Licensing Laws

Tabled: 25 February 2026
Answered: 3 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Andrew Griffith

ConservativeArundel and South Downs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total annual expenditure of her Department was on policy development, administration and oversight relating to the licensing regime under the Licensing Act 2003 in each financial year since 2

Answer

Sarah Jones
The Home Office does not maintain a separate budget line for activity under the Licensing Act 2003. Relevant costs, including staff time in the policy team and contributions from legal and analytical colleagues are absorbed across wider departmental budge...

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