Personal licence application fee (5 figures)
The Personal Licence Fees and Requirements carries 5 published figures read from 5 sources' own pages, from 20 to 50 GBP, read 28 October 2026.
5 of the 8 named sources read in full publish a figure; 3 publish none, read 28 October 2026.
By nation
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| nationEngland and Wales | 28.5GBP | 20 to 37GBP | 2 |
| nationScotland | 50GBP | 50 to 50GBP | 3 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10. Personal Licenses - Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 section 142: guidance for Licensing | 50GBP | Scotland | 2026-10-28 |
| Personal Licence (to sell alcohol) | Argyll and Bute Council | 50GBP | Scotland | 2026-10-28 |
| Personal Licence - Licensing information and application forms | Scottish Borders Council | 50GBP | Scotland | 2026-10-28 |
| The Licensing Act 2003 (Fees) Regulations 2005 | 37GBP | England and Wales | 2026-10-24 |
| Request a basic DBS check - GOV.UK | 20GBP | England and Wales | 2026-10-28 |
The sentence each figure was read from (5)
- 10. Personal Licenses - Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 section 142: guidance for Licensing, read 2026-10-28:
10.6 The Licensing (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (SSI 2007/553) as amended provide that the fee payable in respect of a personal licence application and a personal licence renewal application is £50.
- Personal Licence (to sell alcohol) | Argyll and Bute Council, read 2026-10-28:
The fee is £50 and this should be paid by cheque, made payable to Argyll & Bute Council.
- Personal Licence - Licensing information and application forms | Scottish Borders Council, read 2026-10-28:
£50 - Fees cover costs involved in the application process and are non refundable.
- The Licensing Act 2003 (Fees) Regulations 2005, read 2026-10-24:
section 117 (application for a grant or renewal of personal licence) £37
- Request a basic DBS check - GOV.UK, read 2026-10-28:
It costs £20.
Read in full, publishes no figure
3 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- Personal licence to sell alcohol (England and Wales) - GOV.UK, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- Licensing Act 2003, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
- Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005, read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
5 of the 8 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 3 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 116 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the statutory fee per nation (England and Wales £37 under the Licensing Act 2003 (Fees) Regulations 2005; Scotland £50 under the Licensing (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2007), the basic criminal record check fee, and the qualification and refresher requirements, joined to the flagship's course price to give the all-in cost of holding a licence
116 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (8)
- Personal licence to sell alcohol (England and Wales) - GOV.UK(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- The Licensing Act 2003 (Fees) Regulations 2005(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Request a basic DBS check - GOV.UK(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- 10. Personal Licenses - Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 section 142: guidance for Licensing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Personal Licence (to sell alcohol) | Argyll and Bute Council(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Personal Licence - Licensing information and application forms | Scottish Borders Council(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Licensing Act 2003(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The Personal Licence Fees and Requirements carries 5 published figures read from 5 sources' own pages, from 20 to 50 GBP, read 28 October 2026.
5 of the 8 named sources read in full publish a figure; 3 publish none, read 28 October 2026.
Personal Licence Fees and Requirements, nation England and Wales: median 28.50 GBP across 2 sources, read 28 October 2026.
Personal Licence Fees and Requirements, nation Scotland: median 50 GBP across 3 sources, read 28 October 2026.
Cite as: "personallicencecoursecost.co.uk Personal Licence Fees and Requirements", updated 2026-10-28, https://personallicencecoursecost.co.uk/datasets/personal-licence-fees-and-requirements/.
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