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Number of defendants proceeded at magistrates courts and the number of penalty notices for disorder issued for offences related to the illegal sale of alcohol to persons aged under 18, 2004 to 2006( 1, 2, 3)
	Defendants proceeded against			Offenders cautioned			Penalty notices for disorder issued( 4)
Police force area	2004	2005	2006	2004	2005	2006	2004	2005	2006
Avon and Somerset	—	14	5	7	—	—	—	56	54
Bedfordshire	7	10	24	—	—	—	—	2	13
Cambridgeshire	4	9	27	—	—	—	—	11	29
Cheshire	20	8	6	2	7	3	—	49	50
Cleveland	10	14	11	2	3	5	—	33	23
Cumbria	1	8	1	5	8	3	—	23	21
Derbyshire	22	13	8	—	—	—		8	30
Devon and Cornwall	12	8	6	—	—	4	—	82	115
Dorset	10	35	7	4	12	4	22	22	29
Durham	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Essex	2	8	16	5	2	2	7	120	94
Gloucestershire	1	5	10	—	—	—	—	42	54
Greater Manchester	180	117	160	—	—	1	—	127	211
Hampshire	9	11	2	1	—	1	2	67	109
Hertfordshire	8	3	40	—	—	1	—	3	41
Humberside	11	2	6	—	—	—	2	45	48
Kent	15	14	2	—	—	—	—	10	5
Lancashire	22	89	32	24	15	7	30	190	206
Leicestershire	10	27	45	7	2	—	2	46	59
Lincolnshire	4	11	10	—	—	—	—	26	57
Merseyside	19	16	34	11	4	13	2	73	127
Metropolitan Police	167	253	236	—	—	—	21	161	252
Norfolk	9	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	10
North Yorkshire	22	3	68	—	1	—	—	—	11
Northamptonshire	—	11	13	—	1	—	1	39	34
Northumbria	51	79	41	1	—	3	1	48	84
Nottinghamshire	—	11	37	—	—	—	9	117	265
South Yorkshire	5	18	10	35	25	8	2	107	158
Staffordshire	5	20	23	7	11	2	—	19	75
Suffolk	1	3	4	—	—	—	—	19	21
Surrey	10	13	18	2	1	—	—	—	34
Sussex	4	4	33	—	1	—	—	63	216
Thames Valley	28	15	36	—	—	2	—	12	95
Warwickshire	26	7	2	—	—	—	—	3	5
West Mercia	5	19	10	1	1	1	1	22	34
West Midlands	45	76	74	—	—	—	6	114	143
West Yorkshire	21	15	17	—	1	—	4	72	105
Wiltshire	10	23	10	—	—	—	—	8	18
Dyfed-Powys	24	6	18	2	3	—	—	18	9
Gwent	20	16	21	—	4	—	—	20	50
North Wales	5	10	4	—	—	—	1	58	83
South Wales	34	55	72	—	—	1	—	123	117
England and Wales	861	1,084	1,199	116	102	61	113	2,058	3,195
(1) Prosecutions data are provided on the principal offence basis. PND data are a count on PND tickets issued. (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 police forces and courts. 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) Covers offences under the following statutes. The Licensing Act 1964 S.169 A & B as added by Licensing (Young Persons) Act 2000 S.1, the Licensing Act 1964 S.181 A(1) as added by Licensing Act 1988 S.17 and the Licensing Act 2003 S.146 and 147, which came into effect from 24 November 2005, so data prior to 2005 is not available. (4) PND data covers the offence of sale of alcohol to a person under 18 under the Licensing act 2003 S.126 Sources: RDS Court proceedings database Office for Criminal Justice Reform Ministry of Justice.

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