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Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

Volume 486: debated on Thursday 15 January 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were proceeded against at magistrates courts for the offence of sale of alcohol to a drunken person under section 141 of the Licensing Act 2003 in 2007; how many were found guilty of the offence in all courts; and how many were issued with a penalty notice for disorder for the offence, broken down by police force area. (244846)

Data showing the number of persons proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty of all courts for the offence sale of alcohol to a drunken person under section 141 of the Licensing Act 2003, England and Wales broken down by police force area in 2007 can be viewed in table 1.

The number of Penalty Notices for Disorder (PNDs) issued for the offence of sale of alcohol to a drunken person under section 141 of the Licensing Act 2003, England and Wales, also broken down by police force area in 2007, can be viewed in table 2.

Table 1: Number of persons proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for the offence of sale of alcohol to a drunken person under section 141 of the 2003 Licensing Act, England and Wales, broken down by police force area, 20071,2,3

Force

Proceeded against

Found guilty

Cheshire

1

Cleveland

1

Devon and Cornwall

2

Durham

1

1

South Yorkshire

2

England and Wales

7

1

1 The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.

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 courts 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.

3 Only police force areas (PFAs) with data have been included in the table—if a PFA has not been included assume nil data.

Source:

E and A Unit—Office for Criminal Justice Reform

Table 2: Number of Penalty Notices for Disorder (PNDs) issued for sale of alcohol to a drunken person under section 141 of the 2003 Licensing Act, England and Wales, broken down by police force area, 20071,2

Force

PNDs issued

Avon and Somerset

1

Cambridgeshire

2

Cleveland

4

Cumbria

1

Derbyshire

1

Devon and Cornwall

2

Essex

1

Greater Manchester

7

Hampshire

3

Humberside

1

Kent

4

Lancashire

6

Leicestershire

4

Merseyside

8

Metropolitan Police

18

Norfolk

1

Northumbria

2

Nottinghamshire

1

Staffordshire

2

Suffolk

2

Sussex

2

Thames Valley

2

West Mercia

3

West Yorkshire

1

North Wales

1

South Wales

1

England and Wales

81

1 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. 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.

2 Only police force areas (PFAs) with data have been included in the table—if a PFA has not been included assume nil data.

Source:

E and A Unit—Office for Criminal Justice Reform