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Home Department

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) male and (b) female under-age offenders were convicted of drunk and disorderly behaviour in each London borough in each of the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement. [153539]

Mr. Coaker: Data on the number of defendants aged 10 to 17 years who were found guilty at all courts for the offence of being drunk and disorderly, broken down by gender and London court area for the years 1996-2005, are provided in the table.

Additionally, suspects age 16 or over may be issued with a Penalty Notice Disorder (PND) for drunk and disorderly behaviour. Paying the penalty discharges all liability to conviction of the offence.

In Greater London there were 51 PNDs issued to males aged 16 to 17 in 2004 for being drunk and disorderly in a public place, with four issued to females. These figures rose to 74 for males and 10 for females in 2005. Detailed information on court proceedings including convictions, cautions and PNDs for 2006 will be published in the autumn of 2007.

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Number of defendants aged 10 to 17 found guilty at all courts for being guilty while drunk of disorderly behaviour, by London court area 1996-2007( 1,2,3)
	Male
London court area	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
City of London police
Guildhall Justice Rooms	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total City of London police	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Metropolitan police
Inner London
Bow Street	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Camberwell Green/Tower Bridge	—	—	1	2	—	2	6	2	1	1
Greenwich and Woolwich	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Highbury Corner	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
South Western	—	—	—	—	2	2	3	—	—	—
Thames	—	—	—	—	1	2	1	3	2	—
West London	—	—	1	4	1	3	6	4	5	—
Inner London Juvenile Courts	5	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Outer London
Barking and Dagenham	1	4	—	—	1	—	2	5	1	—
Barnet	—	—	—	1	—	2	3	—	—	—
Bexley	3	2	1	1	5	1	3	10	3	1
Brent	1	1	2	—	2	2	—	2	—	—
Bromley	—	2	—	—	2	11	4	5	1	1
Croydon	—	3	1	3	5	2	2	3	2	—
Ealing	—	1	—	1	—	—	—	2	3	1
Enfield	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1
Haringey	1	1	—	—	2	—	—	1	—	—
Harrow	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	2	—	—
Havering	2	1	3	2	1	4	9	7	7	—
Hillingdon	—	—	4	2	4	5	5	3	7	1
Hounslow	2	4	4	2	2	2	1	2	2	—
Kingston-upon-Thames	1	4	—	1	2	3	2	4	1	3
Merton	6	3	1	3	—	7	4	2	2	—
Newham	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	2	—	—
Redbridge	3	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Richmond upon Thames	1	1	2	8	5	11	2	—	3	—
Sutton	1	2	3	4	5	2	3	2	—	3
Waltham Forest	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—
Total Metropolitan police	29	31	25	36	40	63	56	61	42	12
Total Greater London	29	31	26	36	40	63	56	61	42	12

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