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Driving Under Influence: Young People

Volume 474: debated on Monday 31 March 2008

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Mr. Dodds

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) males and (b) females under the age of 19 years were (i) arrested for (ii) charged with and (iii) convicted of driving a vehicle under the influence of drugs or alcohol in each district command unit in each of the last five years. (194754)

Paul Goggins

This information is not available in the requested format.

The following tables provide the numbers arrested and prosecuted for alcohol/drug related driving offences.

Table 1: Males under the age of 19 years prosecuted and convicted of alcohol/drug related driving offences by DCU address of offender 2002-06

2002

2003

2004

Prosecuted

Convicted

Prosecuted

Convicted

Prosecuted

Convicted

Antrim

0

0

3

3

0

0

Ards

2

2

2

2

3

3

Armagh

0

0

4

4

1

0

Banbridge

4

4

2

2

1

1

Belfast East

2

2

1

1

2

2

Belfast North

0

0

1

1

5

5

Belfast South

1

1

0

0

4

4

Belfast West

4

4

6

6

4

4

Ballymena

1

1

1

1

3

3

Ballymoney

0

0

3

3

0

0

Carrickfergus

2

2

0

0

0

0

Coleraine

2

2

4

4

4

4

Cookstown

1

1

0

0

0

0

Craigavon

2

2

4

3

5

5

Castlereagh

2

1

2

2

1

1

Dungannon and South Tyrone

3

2

1

1

2

2

Down

0

0

0

0

0

0

Fermanagh

5

5

4

4

1

1

Foyle

3

3

4

4

4

4

Larne

1

1

1

1

2

2

Limavady

3

3

2

2

0

0

Lisburn

8

7

1

1

5

5

Magherafelt

2

2

2

2

0

0

Moyle

0

0

1

1

0

0

Newtownabbey

2

2

2

2

1

1

North Down

4

4

2

2

5

5

Newry and Mourne

2

2

2

1

5

4

Omagh

3

3

0

0

1

1

Strabane

1

1

1

1

3

3

Missing1

1

1

3

3

2

2

Total

61

58

59

57

64

62

20052006

Prosecuted

Convicted

Prosecuted

Convicted

Antrim

3

3

3

3

Ards

1

1

3

3

Armagh

3

2

3

2

Banbridge

2

1

1

1

Belfast East

2

2

2

2

Belfast North

7

7

6

4

Belfast South

0

0

1

1

Belfast West

2

2

2

2

Ballymena

3

3

0

0

Ballymoney

2

2

3

3

Carrickfergus

2

2

2

2

Coleraine

4

4

0

0

Cookstown

0

0

1

1

Craigavon

4

4

4

4

Castlereagh

2

2

3

3

Dungannon and South Tyrone

0

0

2

2

Down

4

4

2

1

Fermanagh

1

1

5

5

Foyle

3

3

5

5

Larne

1

0

1

1

Limavady

1

1

1

1

Lisburn

2

2

1

1

Magherafelt

2

2

0

0

Moyle

0

0

0

0

Newtownabbey

1

1

5

4

North Down

2

2

2

1

Newry and Mourne

4

3

1

1

Omagh

0

0

2

2

Strabane

1

1

2

2

Missing1

3

3

1

1

Total

62

58

64

58

1 Missing data relate to those offenders for whom DCU information is not available.

Table 2: Females under the age of 19 years prosecuted and convicted of alcohol/drug related driving offences by police District Command Unit 2002-2006

2002

2003

2004

Prosecuted

Convicted

Prosecuted

Convicted

Prosecuted

Convicted

Ards

0

0

1

1

1

1

Armagh

0

0

0

0

0

0

Belfast North

0

0

0

0

0

0

Craigavon

0

0

0

0

0

0

Dungannon and South Tyrone

0

0

0

0

0

0

Down

0

0

0

0

0

0

Larne

0

0

1

1

0

0

Omagh

0

0

0

0

0

0

Missing2

0

0

1

1

0

0

Total

0

0

3

3

1

1

20052006

Prosecuted

Convicted

Prosecuted

Convicted

Ards

0

0

0

0

Armagh

1

1

1

1

Belfast North

0

0

1

1

Cookstown

0

0

0

0

Craigavon

1

1

1

1

Dungannon and South Tyrone

1

1

0

0

Down

1

0

0

0

Larne

0

0

0

0

Omagh

0

0

1

1

Missing2

1

1

1

1

Total

5

4

5

5

1 Only those DCUs where there were court outcomes are included for females (i.e. the DCUs in which females have been prosecuted or convicted in the previous five years have been included in the table).

2 Missing data relate to those offenders for whom DCU information is not available.