Data from the Court Proceedings Database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform showing how many offenders were found guilty of drunkenness offences in England and in the East Riding of Yorkshire are in the following table. We are unable to supply convictions for Beverley and Holderness constituency as the data is not available at the level of detail required. Figures for 2005 will be available in the autumn of 2006. The table also shows the number of penalty notices (PNDs) for drunk and disorderly behaviour in England in 2004. Data of the number of PNDs issued in the East Riding are not available as figures are not collected at this level of detail.
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 England Convictions Drunkenness, simple 3,333 3,710 3,134 2,579 2,424 2,201 1,999 1,674 Drunkenness with aggravation 22,474 23,864 22,764 22,078 21,468 22,741 23,893 17,550 Penalty notices Drunk and disorderly behaviour n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 25,591 East Riding of Yorkshire2 Convictions Drunkenness, simple 1 — 1 — 1 5 2 2 Drunkenness with aggravation 15 10 8 8 17 72 75 48 n/a = not applicable, as penalty notices were not introduced until 2004. 1 These data are on the principal offence basis. 2 The figures cover four local justice areas: Goole and Howdenshire, Bridlington, Beverley and the Wolds and Hull and Holderness. Source: RDS—Office for Criminal Justice Reform.