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Alcoholic Drinks: Licensing

Volume 476: debated on Tuesday 3 June 2008

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James Brokenshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many times the maximum fine was levied against a licensee for persistently selling alcohol to under-age people in each of the last two years. (193464)

Mr. Coaker

I have been asked to reply.

The offence of persistently selling alcohol to children under section 147a of the Licensing Act 2003 was commenced in 2006. As yet there are no data available for this offence.

The following table covers the offence of selling etc. intoxicating liquor to persons under 18 for consumption on the premises.

Offenders1 given fines and number given the maximum fine for selling intoxicating liquor to persons under 18 for consumption on the premises, magistrates courts, England and Wales, 2005-06. England and Wales

Number of offenders

2005

2006

Offence description

Statute

Total number fined

Number receiving maximum fine2

Total number fined

Number receiving maximum fine2

Selling etc. intoxicating liquor to persons under 18 for consumption on the premises

Licensing Act 1964 SS.169A & 169B as added by Licensing (Young Persons) Act 2000 S.1 Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983 S.3 [Sch.Para.4(1)]

660

1

438

7

1 Companies, public bodies etc.

2 The maximum fine is £1,000.

Note:

These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.

Source:

RDS-NOMS, Ministry of Justice, 17 April 2008. Ref: AHA145-08