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24 Hour Drinking

Asked where things stood with regards to 24 hour drinking, the PMS replied that the DCMS had conducted a survey of licensing authorities in November 2006, which was one year on from implementation. Separate to that, the Home Office, as would normally happen following the introduction of a major piece of legislation, was evaluating the impact of the new legislation in detail. They were due to report by the end of 2007, which was what the Prime Minister was referring to in his press conference this morning.

Asked about the figures the Prime Minister was referring to, and where did they come from, the PMOS explained that they were Home Office crime statistics that were produced on a regular basis. What the Home Office review would do, which was already under way, was a proper evaluation of all of the evidence, examining the impact of the change in licensing law.

Asked what the Prime Minister’s basic approach was on this issue, the PMS said that the Prime Minister wanted to examine in an objective way all of the evidence. No doubt people would want to form a view on the basis of that, but it would be very much evidence based.

Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned about the affect binge drinking had on crime, arrests, hospital visits etc, as it was something that had registered with him, the PMS replied that what the Prime Minister was concerned about was to ensure that the Home Office review was comprehensive and that it looked at all of the evidence rather than forming a view on the basis of a snapshot piece of data that came out at a particular point in time. This would all be looked at, but in an objective and comprehensive way as part of the Home Office review that was ongoing.

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