Question follow-through · 98415

Public Houses: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve night time safety in bars and clubs.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
9 Dec 2025
Target answer date
11 Dec 2025
Answer
17 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve night time safety in bars and clubs.

  2. 11 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The Government works closely with local authorities and industry to ensure venues licensed to sell alcohol, such as bars and clubs, operate safely. Under the Licensing Act 2003, which applies to England and Wales, premises must promote the four statutory ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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