Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answers of 9 July 2013 to Question 163513 and 11 February 2014 to Question 186834, whether she still plans to introduce full-cost recovery for alcohol licensing fees through locally set fees.

The Government consulted on proposals for locally-set fees under the Licensing Act 2003 earlier this year, and is considering the responses and the evidence provided by licensing authorities before deciding how to proceed. We will
update Parliament in due course.