(2) how many (a) arrests, (b) charges and (c) convictions for (i) allowing disorderly conduct on licensed premises and (ii) sale of alcohol to a person who is drunk were made in each London borough in each year since 2003.
Information requested on arrests and offenders charged is not collected centrally.
Data from the Court Proceedings Database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform showing the number of defendants proceeded against for alcohol consumption in a designated place under section 12 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2004, broken down by London Court Area for the years 2003-05, are provided in table A. No defendants have been proceeded against in Greater London for either (i) allowing disorderly conduct on licensed premises or (ii) sale of alcohol to a person who is drunk during those years.
Court proceedings data for 2006 will be available in November 2007.
The offences of consumption of alcohol in a designated public place and sale of alcohol to a person who is drunk can attract a penalty notice for disorder (PND), and data on the number of PNDs issued for those offences in the Metropolitan police force area in 2004, 2005, as well as provisional data for January to June 2006 are provided in table B. PND data are collected at police force area level only and more detailed data are not centrally collected.
London Court Area 2003 2004 2005 City of London police Guildhall Criminal Justice Rooms — — — Metropolitan police Inner London Magistrates Courts Bow Street — 9 4 Greenwich and Woolwich 14 2 1 Horseferry Road 10 1 4 Thames — — 1 West London — 3 — Outer London Courts Barnet — 1 — Bromley — 1 2 Enfield 1 — 4 Haringey 10 2 2 Redbridge 1 — — Sutton — — 1 Waltham Forest — — 1 Total 36 19 20 1 Principal offence basis. 2 Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
Police force area DA16 Sale of alcohol to drunken person2 DB07 Consumption of alcohol in public place 2004 City of London 3— — Metropolitan 3— 194 2005 City of London — 1 Metropolitan 3 327 January-June 20064 City of London — — Metropolitan 2 190 1 Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. 2 Offence added to the PND scheme on the 4 April 2005. 3 Not applicable. 4 Provisional figures.