Table 4.
Primary data collection
| Participants | Number (details) | Year | |
| Interviews (n=21) (10.4 hours) |
Local authority managers and officers relevant to licensing and public health | 4 (one individual interview; three interviewed as a group) | 2014 |
| Police officers | 3 (individual interviews) | 2016 | |
| Community safety officers | 5 (two individual interviews; two interviewed as a pair) | 2014, 2016 | |
| Users of the NTE | 9 (interviewed in pairs or one group of three; Fridays between 20:00 and 21:30) | 2016 | |
| Observations and informal conversations (35.5 hours) |
LNL-funded, community safety patrols; five different officers | 2 (18.5 hours; five officers; Friday 21:00–7:00 and Saturday 21:30–8:00) | 2016 |
| Non-levy, community safety patrols; five different officers | 3 (10 hours; five officers; Tuesday 6:00-9:00; Wednesday 13:00-20:00) | 2016 | |
| Quarterly review meeting (local authority managers; community safety company managers) | 1 (1 hour; four participants) | 2016 | |
| Pubs and bars (observation only) | 4 (6 hours; Fridays between 19:30 and 22:00) | 2016 |
LNL, Late Night Levy; NTE, night-time economy.