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Table B: Parenting orders made following truancy prosecution between 1 September 2004 and 13 April 2007 | |
School year | Parenting o rders for t ruancy |
Mr. Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many prosecutions there were for delivering alcohol to children in (a) England and (b) each police force area in England in each year since the Licensing Act 2003 commenced; [158077]
(2) how many prosecutions there were for consumption of alcohol by children in (a) England and (b) each police force area in England in each year since the Licensing Act 2003 commenced; [158078]
(3) how many prosecutions there were for purchase of alcohol by or on behalf of children in (a) England and (b) each police force area in England in each year since the Licensing Act 2003 commenced; [158079]
(4) how many prosecutions there were in (a) England and (b) each police force area in England for (i) sale of alcohol to children and (ii) allowing the sale of alcohol to children in each year since the Licensing Act 2003 commenced; [158080]
(5) how many prosecutions there were for obtaining alcohol for a person who was drunk in (a) England and (b) each police force area in England in each year since the Licensing Act 2003 commenced; [158081]
(6) how many prosecutions there were for under-age buying of alcohol and attempting to buy alcohol under-age in (a) England and (b) each police force area in England in (i) 1996 and (ii) the most recent year for which figures are available; [158082]
(7) how many prosecutions there were for being drunk and disorderly of defendants aged 10 to 17 years in (a) England and (b) each police force area in
England in (i) 1996 and (ii) the most recent year for which figures are available; [158083]
(8) how many prosecutions there were for sending a child to obtain alcohol in (a) England and (b) each police force area in England in each year since the Licensing Act 2003 commenced. [158104]
Mr. Coaker: From 2004 the offences of underage purchasing of alcohol by a person under 18, consumption of alcohol by a person under 18 in licensed premises, delivery of alcohol to children and being guilty of drunk and disorderly behaviour are all part of the penalty notice for disorder (PND) scheme which allow the police an option of issuing an on the spot penalty for the offence, rather than taking the matter to court. Figures show that for these offences, the following number of PNDs were issued in 2004 and 2005.
Number | |
Consumption of alcohol by person under 18 in licensed premises | |
Information on the number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts for the offences requested are provided in the following tables.
There were no prosecutions for (i) allowing the sale of alcohol to children (ii) purchase of alcohol by or on behalf of children (iii) consumption of alcohol by children (iv) delivering alcohol to children (v) sending a child to obtain alcohol (vi) obtaining alcohol for a person who was drunk reported to my Department.
Information for 2006 will be available in November.
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