To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many arrests have been made for underage drinking in (a) Cornwall, (b) the South West and (c) England in each year since 1979. (191880)

The information requested is not collected centrally. The arrests collection undertaken by the Ministry of Justice provides data on persons arrested for recorded crime (notifiable offences) only. Summary offences of consumption of alcohol by persons aged under 18 are not included within this category.