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Alcoholic Drinks: Young People

Volume 493: debated on Monday 8 June 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the total revenue from fines imposed on those selling alcohol to under-age people was in each year since 2003. (262469)

The available figures are shown in the following table.

The total amount of fines calculated is based on principal offences and primary disposals only.

The data provided gives the whole amount of fines imposed which will always be higher than the amount collected.

Total amount of fines issued for selling alcohol to person under 18, 2003-07

£

Offence

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Wholesaler selling intoxicating liquor to person under 18

320

1,400

Selling etc. intoxicating liquor to person under 181 or sale of alcohol to person under 182

89,385

126,310

167,055

218,579

169,688

Allowing sale of alcohol to person under 18

2,755

2,800

Persistently selling alcohol to children

Total

89,385

126,630

168,455

221,334

172,488

1 Licensing Act 1964 S.168 A & B as added by Licensing (Young Persons) Act 2000 S.1. 2 Licensing Act 2003 S.146. Notes:

1. The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with and disposals were primary disposals handed out. 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 an offender could be issued with more than one disposal for a committed offence. 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. Source:(OMSAS)-379-03-09.