Question follow-through · 129602

Licensing Laws

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the Licensing Act 2003.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
23 Apr 2026
Target answer date
27 Apr 2026
Answer
27 Apr 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the Licensing Act 2003.

  2. 27 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The Government regularly engages with a wide range of stakeholders to keep the Licensing Act 2003 under review and is confident that it continues to provide a clear and effective legislative framework for regulating licensable activities.The Government pu...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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