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.
£ 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.