Memorandum by the Department of Health
(SP 01)
At Health Select Committee on 24 November
I promised to provide further information on three areas.
1. Paul Burstow
asked what is the source of the statement that 99% of people will
be in entirely smoke-free workplaces?
From Office for National Statistics data for
2003, of all employees jobs in enclosed places, an estimated 2%
were in bars (includes public houses and licensed bars). These
are the exempted premises in the proposal we are putting forward.
Based on the responses to the consultation we estimate that no
more than 30% of these premises do not prepare and serve food
so would allow smoking. This means workers in exempted licensed
premises make up substantially less than 1% of all employees in
enclosed places.
2. Paul Burstow asked what are the most recent
figures on smoking rates in Ireland?
The latest figures, to August 2005, were recently
published by the Irish Office of Tobacco Control. The graph is
reproduced below from the OTC website which shows the rise in
recent months, after an initial fall in prevalence. http:www.otc.ie/fig.asp?image=fig_1.1jpg
3. David Amess asked how many membership
clubs will still be able to allow smoking after the ban is in
place?
The Clubs we are proposing to exempt are what
were known under previous licensing legislation as Registered
Clubs, but are known under the Licensing Act 2003 as Qualifying
Clubs with a club premises certificate in force. The latest figures
were published by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
in October 2004 and are for the year to June 2004. Table 1 is
reproduced below and shows that there were 19,913 Registered Clubs
in England and Wales in 2004. We do not know how many of these
clubs currently voluntarily ban smoking in enclosed parts of the
premises.
Table 1
PREMISES LICENSED FOR THE RETAIL SALE OF
INTOXICATING LIQUOR, REGISTERED CLUBS AND THEATRES, 1980-2004
| England and Wales
| | | | Number as at 30 June each year
| | |
| On-licensed premises
| | | |
| | | |
| Date | Public houses etc
| Residential and Restaurant | Licensed clubs
| Total | Off-licensed premises
| On- and off-licensed premises | Registered clubs
| Theatres |
| 1980 | 67,091 | 20,622
| 3,089 | 90,802 | 37,252
| 128,054 | 26,889 | 241
|
| 1982 | 68,373 | 22,590
| 3,212 | 94,175 | 39,362
| 133,537 | 27,057 |
|
| 1983 | 69,136 | 23,679
| 3,363 | 96,178 | 40,853
| 137,031 | 27,192 | 261
|
| 1985 | 70,331 | 25,263
| 3,552 | 99,146 | 42,646
| 141,792 | 26,725 |
|
| 1986 | 71,200 | 26,503
| 3,731 | 101,434 | 43,891
| 145,325 | 26,726 | 311
|
| 1988 | 71,875 | 28,411
| 3,845 | 104,131 | 44,888
| 149,019 | 26,186 |
|
| 1989 | 72,712 | 29,426
| 3,934 | 106,072 | 45,507
| 151,579 | 26,015 | 271
|
| 1991 | 74,299 | 31,106
| 3,926 | 109,331 | 47,944
| 157,275 | 25,073 |
|
| 1992 | 74,053 | 29,787
| 3,798 | 107,638 | 46,063
| 153,701 | 25,073 | 242
|
| 1994 | 75,522 | 31,409
| 4,281 | 111,212 | 47,735
| 158,947 | 24,239 |
|
| 1995 | 75,392 | 30,042
| 4,272 | 109,706 | 45,986
| 155,692 | 24,005 | 272
|
| 1997 | 78,098 | 31,223
| 3,951 | 113,272 | 47,753
| 161,025 | 22,836 |
|
| 1998 | 77,934 | 29,779
| 3,847 | 111,560 | 45,425
| 156,985 | 22,614 | 270
|
| 2000 | 77,876 | 28,774
| 3,996 | 110,646 | 45,450
| 156,096 | 21,036 |
|
| 2001 | 78,540 | 27,968
| 3,748 | 110,256 | 44,696
| 154,952 | 22,037 | 218
|
| 2003 | 81,933 | 29,462
| 3,867 | 115,262 | 47,478
| 162,740 | 20,045 |
|
| 2004 | 81,455 | 28,164
| 3,751 | 113,370 | 46,582
| 159,952 | 19,913 |
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http://www.culture.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/F96FD9EF_C817_4E07_B1A4_6F4D4EA9F2A3/0/7138BLiquorReport.pdf
November 2005
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