Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many pubs and social clubs were operating in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) the North East, (d) Northumberland and (e) Wansbeck on 20 March 2020.

BEIS does not hold this information. According to data from the ONS, as of March 2019 there were 30,885 pubs and bars in the UK[1]. ONS data for March 2017 shows that there were 38,935 pubs and bars in the UK. 33,045 of these were in England, 1,065 were in the North East and 255 were in Northumberland[2].

[1] https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/transparencyandgovernance/freedomofinformationfoi/numberofrestaurantstakeawayscafesbarsandpubsintheuk

[2] https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/adhocs/008951pubsandbarsindistrictsoftheuk2010to2017