Licensing Hours Consultation
Alcohol Team
5th Floor, Fry Building
Home Office
2 Marsham Street
SW1P 4DF
Relaxation of licensing hours for the Men's Football World Cup 2026
Applies to England and Wales
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Detail of outcome
The Home Office would like to thank everyone who took part in the consultation on the contingent relaxation of licensing hours during the semi-final and final of the FIFA Men’s Football World Cup 2026.
38 complete responses were received and have been analysed below. In addition, 20 partial responses were received and were discounted from this analysis having been deemed invalid.
Original consultation
Consultation description
This paper sets out consultation proposals to contingently relax licensing hours for licensed premises in England and Wales for the semi-finals and the final of the FIFA Men’s Football World Cup 2026 (World Cup 2026) should any of the home nations (England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland) reach those stages.
The consultation is aimed at members of the public, local licensing authorities, licensed premises and other interested parties in England and Wales where these proposals apply.
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Updates to this page
Published 4 December 2025
Last updated -
Added the consultation outcome for contingent relaxation of licensing hours during the semi-final and final of the FIFA Men’s Football World Cup 2026.
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Welsh survey questions added.
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First published.