Supplementary memorandum submitted by
the British Beer Pub Association
Further to my evidence to the Select Committee
on Culture Media and Sport on 8 January, as requested, I enclose
details of statistics covering the numbers of public houses over
the last 30 years.
In line with your questions I have induded statistics
that cover the number of managed and tenanted properties from
both the brewers and independent pub companies. Further to this
I have included information on the number of free houses. Despite
industry and Government department's working together, there is
a severe lack of long term reliable data before 1997. As such,
I have included full information post 1997, and best estimates
over the period prior.
Aggregated Information for the Number
of Managed and Tenanted Houses
|
| Year | Managed
| Tenanted | Total
|
|
| 1977 | 14,500
| 36,300 | 50,800
|
| 1982 | 13,300
| 34,600 | 47,900
|
| 1988 | 12,900
| 32,300 | 45,200
|
| 1992 | 14,900
| 27,200 | 42,100
|
| 1997 | 15,000
| 25,800 | 40,800
|
| 2002 | 12,100
| 29,600 | 41,700
|
| 2006 | 9,000
| 30,800 | 39,800
|
|
| Source: BBPA. |
| |
Number of Free Houses in the United Kingdom and their
proportion of the Public House Estate
|
| Year | Free Houses
| % of Total Public Houses
|
|
| 1980 | 20,000
| 29.0% |
| 1985 | 20,000
| 30.0% |
| 1990 | 20,000
| 31.5% |
| 1995 | 20,000
| 32.8% |
| 1997 | 19,800
| 32.7% |
| 1998 | 19,600
| 32.0% |
| 1999 | 19,400
| 32.1% |
| 2000 | 19,200
| 28.7% |
| 2001 | 19,000
| 30.8% |
| 2002 | 18,800
| 31.1% |
| 2003 | 18,600
| 30.5% |
| 2004 | 18,400
| 31.3% |
| 2005 | 18,200
| 31.1% |
| 2006 | 17,700
| 30.8% |
|
| Source: BBPA, Home Office, DCMS.
|
| Notes for this data: |
The data includes some hotels which are operated with a full license and owned by the brewery or independent pub company.
|
| January 2008 |
|
