Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which licensing authorities have introduced a late night levy in each of the last four years; and how much she estimates the levy has raised in each such authority in each of those years.

Licensing authorities have had the power to introduce a late night levy since October 2012. Seven authorities have decided to do so, as set out in the table below. Licensing authorities are not obliged to provide data on levy income to central government. Therefore, the information on income is not available in the form requested. However, a number of authorities have published estimates of different kinds. For example, prior to implementation, Newcastle City Council estimated that the levy will raise £320,000 annually and Cheltenham Borough Council estimated that the levy has the potential to raise annual gross income of £199,000.


Licensing authority Levy start date
Newcastle 01 November 2013
Cheltenham 01 April 2014
City of London 01October 2014
Chelmsford 01 November 2014
Nottingham 01 November 2014
Islington 01 November 2014
Southampton 01 April 2015