Department for Culture Media and Sport
licensing act 2003: the experience of smaller establishments in applying for live music authorisation
7 December 2006

In association with the Live Music Forum, we contracted Ipsos-MORI in July 2006 to carry out a survey focused on the experience of smaller venues in applying for new licenses following the introduction of the Licensing Act 2003. More information on the Live Music Forum and their work is available on this website.
The main report and an accompanying research brief are available below:
All the data from the survey will also be made available at the UK Data Archive.
Pre-release access
The following officials and minister received privileged pre-release access to the data purely for briefing the minister:
DCMS
Shaun Woodward MP
Lucy Blackburn
Adam C Cooper
Suzi Daley
Sarah Partridge
Kate Pike
Live Music Forum
Feargal Sharkey
John Smith

Last updated: 16 July 2007
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