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Licensed Premises - Edinburgh, Lothians and Scotland

Licensed premises in Edinburgh, the Lothians and Scotland.

Edinburgh	sources /notes	2001	2004	2005	2006	2007
No. of liquor licenses, by type :	*(1)** Scottish Executive : Criminal Justice Series : Liquor Licensing Statistics : http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Crime-Justice/PubLiquor (Table 3). Data relate to December 31st and are generally published the following June. Provisional licenses are excluded, unless these have been made final. Different types of licenses are summarised as follows : public house license authorises the license holder to sell alcohol for consumption on or off the premises; off-sale license authorises the holder to sell alcohol for consumption off the premises only; hotel license authorises the holder to sell alcohol in a hotel for consumption on or off the premises; restricted hotel license authorises the holder to (i) sell alcohol to people taking a table meal there, for consumption with the meal, and (ii) sell alcohol to people residing there, for consumption on the premises by them or friends entertained at their expense. The premises cannot have a bar counter.; restaurant license, for premises which are normally used for serving meals where there is no bar counter and drink is served only with the food; refreshment license, allowing café-style premises to serve alcoholic drinks with food, and to admit children under 14 until 8 p.m., provided they are accompanied by a person aged 18 or over;
Hotel		161	141	145	143	147
Restricted hotel		44	42	40	34	32
Public house		772	747	737	733	732
Restaurant		192	185	181	174	181
Entertainment		92	96	99	99	105
Refreshment		91	102	97	96	103
Off-sales		654	640	636	638	629
TOTAL		2,006	1,953	1,935	1,917	1,929
Licenses per 10,000 pop. aged 18+ :	*(2)** The denominator relates to the resident population aged 18 or more, i.e. it does not take into account working population, tourists or visitors. Prior to 2000 the official statistics used the total population as the denominator. As this is not comparable it is not included here.
All on-sales		37	36	34	33	34
All off-sales		18	17	17	17	16
No. of registered clubs	*(3)** The data for registered clubs is based on sheriff court districts and includes Midlothian as well as Edinburgh.	334	265	263	258	252

Compiled by the Planning Information team of the City of Edinburgh Council. For further information, or for any clarifications, please contact +44 (0)131 469 3597.

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