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Written Question · S2W-18884 · Session 2

How many premises with off-sale liquor licences there have been in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority area.

Answered Asked by Kenny MacAskill SNP Lodged 1 Sep 2005

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many premises with off-sale liquor licences there have been in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority area.

The answer

Answered by George Lyon on 13 Sep 2005 · 12 days after it was lodged, on time

The available information is given in the following table.
Premises with Off-Sales Liquor Licences in Force, by Local Authority Area, 1997-2004
Local Authority
| 1997
| 1998
| 1999
| 2000
| 2001
| 2002
| 20031
| 20041

Aberdeen City
| 312
| 282
| 248
| 286
| 245
| 263
| 269
| 263

Aberdeenshire
| 256
| 259
| 273
| 273
| 274
| 257
| 275
| 255

Angus
| 115
| 117
| 121
| 118
| 121
| 118
| 122
| 125

Argyll and Bute
| 206
| 202
| 238
| 175
| 207
| 201
| 201
| 176

Clackmannanshire
| 66
| 75
| 90
| 73
| 75
| 78
| 78
| 69

Dumfries and Galloway
| 258
| 266
| 263
| 275
| 242
| 244
| 242
| 239

Dundee City
| 154
| 153
| 164
| 164
| 155
| 156
| 163
| 161

East Ayrshire
| 156
| 148
| 148
| 142
| 145
| 138
| 141
| 141

East Dunbartonshire
| 78
| 77
| 77
| 84
| 86
| 81
| 82
| 76

East Lothian
| 120
| 120
| 117
| 104
| 123
| 123
|

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-18884 by reference.