Information held on the court proceedings and PND databases cannot be broken down by constituency area, therefore information has been provided by police force area.
The number of persons issued with a caution, penalty notice for disorder, or proceeded against at magistrates courts for the offence of selling alcohol to people under the age of 18 years in Humberside, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, and West Yorkshire police force areas for the years 2002 to 2006 can be viewed in tables 1 and 2 as follows.
Proceeded against Cautions5 Force 2002 2003 2004 20053 20063 2002 2003 2004 20053 20063 Humberside 0 0 11 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 North Yorkshire 0 7 22 3 41 0 0 0 1 0 South Yorkshire 0 0 5 18 10 0 38 35 25 8 West Yorkshire 14 1 21 15 17 0 0 0 1 0 1 These data are on the principal offence basis. 2 Data include the following offence descriptions and corresponding statutes: Holder of occasional permission or his agent knowingly selling to, knowingly allow consumption by or allowing any person to sell, intoxicating liquor to a person under 18. Selling etc intoxicating liquor to person under 18 for consumption on the premises. Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983 Schedule (Sec 3) para 4(1). Licensing Act 1964 Sec 169(1). Sale of alcohol to a person Under 18, Licensing Act 2003 S.146(1). Wholesaler selling intoxicating liquor to a person under 18, Licensing Act 1964 Sec 181A(1) as added by Licensing Act 1988 Sec 17. Allow sale of alcohol to an individual under 18, Licensing Act 2003 Sec 147(1) and (5). 3 The Licensing Act 2003 came into force on 24 November 2005. 4 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, other agencies, 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. 5 From 1 June 2000 the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 came into force nationally and removed the use of cautions for persons under 18 and replaced them with reprimands and final warnings. Reprimands and final warnings are included in the above data. Source: Court proceedings data held by RDS—Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice
Sale of alcohol to person under 18 Force 2004 20054 20064 Humberside 2 45 48 North Yorkshire 0 0 11 South Yorkshire 2 107 158 West Yorkshire 4 72 105 1 These data are on the principal offence basis. 2 Data include the following offence descriptions and corresponding statute: Sale of alcohol anywhere to a person under 18. s.146(1) of the Licensing Act 2003 3 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, other agencies, 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. 4 New legislative reference with effect from, 24 November 2005 on implementation of Licensing Act 2003 Source: Court proceedings data held by RDS—Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice
Information on the court proceedings database cannot be broken down by constituency or district level, therefore information has been provided by police force area.
The number of defendants proceeded against in Northumbria police force area, the North East Region, and England and Wales for the sale of alcohol to persons under the age of 18 years from 1997 to 2006 can be viewed in the following table.
Proceeded against Force/region/area 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Northumbria 34 92 41 17 17 8 38 51 79 41 North East 34 94 41 18 18 9 42 63 95 52 England and Wales 215 311 205 132 158 170 616 861 1,084 1,199 1 These data are on the principal offence basis. 2 Data include the following offence descriptions and corresponding statutes: Holder of occasional permission or agent knowingly selling intoxicating liquor to person under 18 Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983 S.4(1)(a), Licensing Act S.169A and 169B, as added by Licensing (Young Persons) Act 2000 S.1 Wholesaler selling intoxicating liquor to a person under 18 Licensing Act 1964 S.181 A(1) as added by Licensing Act 1988 S.17. Sale of alcohol to a person under 18 Licensing Act 2003 S.146(1) Allow sale of alcohol to an individual under 18 Licensing Act 2003 S.147(1) and (5). 3 Staffordshire police force were only able to supply a 9 per cent. sample of data for magistrates courts proceedings covering one full week in each quarter for 2000. Although sufficient to estimate higher orders of data, these data are not robust at a detailed level and are not included in the England and Wales figures. 4 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, other agencies 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. Source: Court proceedings data held by RDS, Office for Criminal Justice Reform, Ministry of Justice.
Information held on the court proceedings and PND databases cannot be broken down by constituency, the information has been provided for police force area.
There were no persons issued with a caution for the offence of selling alcohol to persons under the age of 18 years in Cambridgeshire police force area for the years 2001 to 2006.
The number of persons fined at all courts for the offence of selling alcohol to persons under the age of 18 years in Cambridgeshire police force area for the years 2001 to 2006 can be viewed in table 1.
In addition to court fines, police can issue an ‘on the spot fine’ or a penalty notice for disorder (PND) for the offence of selling alcohol to persons under the age of 18. The number of persons issued with PND for the offence in Cambridgeshire police force area for the years 2004 to 2006 can be viewed in table2. The PND scheme was rolled out to all police forces in England and Wales in 2004.
Fines 2001 0 2002 0 2003 0 2004 1 2005 7 2006 18 1 These data are on the principal offence basis. 2 Data include the following offence descriptions and corresponding statutes: 14203—Holder of occasional permission or his agent knowingly selling to, knowingly allow consumption by or allowing any person to sell, intoxicating liquor to a person under 18. Selling etc. intoxicating liquor to person under 18 for consumption on the premises. Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983 Schedule (Sec. 3) para 4(1). Licensing Act 1964 Sec. 169(1). 14379—Sale of alcohol to a person Under 18 Licensing Act 2003 S.146(1). 14352—Wholesaler selling intoxicating liquor to a person under 18. Licensing Act 1964 Sec. 181A(l) as added by Licensing Act 1988 Sec. 17. 14380—Allow sale of alcohol to an individual under 18. Licensing Act 2003 Sec 147(1) & (5). 3 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, other agencies, 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. Note: The Licensing Act 2003 came into force on 24 November 2005. Source: Court proceedings data held by RDS—Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice Our Ref: IOS 159-08 (Table 1).
Sale of alcohol to person under 18 2004 0 2005 11 2006 14 1 These data are on the principal offence basis. 2 Data include the following offence descriptions and corresponding statute: Sale of alcohol anywhere to a person under 18. s.146(1) of the Licensing Act 2003. 3 New legislative reference with effect from 24 November 2005 on implementation of Licensing Act 2003. 4 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, other agencies, 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. Source: Court proceedings data held by RDS—Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice. Our Ref: IOS 159-08 (Table 2)
The number of Penalty Notices for Disorder (PNDs) issued for the offence of selling alcohol to an under 18-year-old in the Kent Police Force area has been provided in the following table. Those PNDs which were issued in the North Kent area cannot be identified as data are not collected to this level of detail.
Sale of alcohol anywhere to a person under 18 20044 — 2005 10 2006 5 1 PND data are a count of all penalty notices for disorder issued during the year. 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 police forces and courts. 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. 3 Data include the following offence descriptions and corresponding statutes: Sale of alcohol anywhere to a person under 18 5.146(1) of the Licensing Act 2003 4 November to December. Source: Court proceedings data held by CJEA - Office for Criminal Justice Reform - Ministry of Justice.