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.
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
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