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Alcoholic Drinks: Young People

Volume 476: debated on Tuesday 3 June 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were (a) cautioned, (b) prosecuted and (c) given a penalty notice for disorder for selling alcohol to people under the age of 18 years in each constituency in Yorkshire and the Humber in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. (192900)

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.

Number of persons issued with a caution, or proceeded against at magistrates courts for certain alcohol offences in the Humberside, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire police force areas for the years 2002 to 20061,2,3,4

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

Number of persons issued with a penalty notice for disorder for the offence sale of alcohol to person under 18 in the Humberside, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire police force areas for the years 2004 to 20061,2,3

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many retailers were prosecuted in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England and Wales for the illegal sale of alcohol to people under the age of 18 years in each year since 1997. (195326)

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.

Number of defendants proceeded against in magistrates courts for the sale of alcohol to persons under the age of 18 years in Northumbria police force area, the North East Region, and England and Wales for the years 1997 to 20061, 2, 3, 4

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.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals in (a) Peterborough constituency and (b) Cambridgeshire were (i) cautioned and (ii) fined for selling alcohol to underage persons in each year since 2001; and if she will make a statement. (192386)

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.

Number of persons fined at all courts for offences relating to certain alcohol offences in the Cambridgeshire police force area for the years 2001 to 20061, 2, 3

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).

Number of persons issued with a penalty notice for disorder for the offence Sale of alcohol to person under 18 in the Cambridgeshire police force area for the years 2004 to 20061, 2, 3, 4

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)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many shop keepers in North Kent have received fixed penalty notices for selling alcohol to under 18-year-olds in each of the last five years. (191414)

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.

Number of Persons issued with a Penalty Notice for Disorder for the offence of selling alcohol to a person under the age of 18 years in Kent police force area, 2004 to 20061, 2, 3

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.