Question follow-through · 119307
Licensing Laws
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, further to the National Licensing Policy Framework published on November 2025, for what reason the guidance is non-statutory, and what consideration was given to issuing it as supplementary guidance un
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 10 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 18 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, further to the National Licensing Policy Framework published on November 2025, for what reason the guidance is non-statutory, and what consideration was given to issuing it as supplementary guidance un
12 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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18 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Licensing Act 2003 provides only for statutory guidance to be issued under section 182, which is limited to guidance on the exercise of functions within the Act and the promotion of the four licensing objectives. The National Licensing Policy Framewor...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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Social Services: Finance
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