To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many retailers have been prosecuted for persistently selling alcohol to a person under 18 years old in each of the last five years. (240546)

No data are currently available. Section 147A of the Licensing Act 2003 (as amended by the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006) came into effect on 1 April 2008. Court Proceedings data for 2008 will be available in autumn 2009.