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Alcoholic Drinks: Young People

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many successful prosecutions there were for selling alcohol to people under the age of 18 years from (a) on-licence and (b) off-licence premises in each police force area in the south east in each of the last five years. [301273]

Mr. Alan Campbell: Data showing the number of males, females and other defendants proceeded against for selling alcohol to persons aged under 18, in England and Wales from 2003 to 2007 (latest available) are shown in table 1. The data are broken down by police force area.

Establishments are included as 'other defendants' as it is not possible to differentiate between sales on and off premises in the court proceedings database.

Additionally, penalty notices for disorder (PNDs) are available for this offence. Table 2 shows the number of PNDs issued for "Sale of alcohol to a person aged under 18" by gender from 2004 to 2007 (latest available).

Statistics for 2008 are planned for publication at the end of January 2010.

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Table 1: Number of males, females and other defendants( 1) proceeded against at magistrates court for selling alcohol to persons aged under 18( 2) , in England and Wales from 2003 to 2007, broken down by police force area( 3,)( )( 4)
Force	Sex	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Avon and Somerset	Male	1	-	7	2	-
	Female	-	-	7	3	1
	Other defendant	1	-	-	-	-
	Total	2	-	14	5	1
Bedfordshire	Male	1	5	10	23	2
	Female	1	2	-	1	-
	Other defendant	-	-	-		-
	Total	2	7	10	24	2
Cambridgeshire	Male	-	3	6	16	8
	Female	-	1	3	11	2
	Other defendant	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	-	4	9	27	10
Cheshire	Male	8	14	4	6	6
	Female	7	6	4	-	-
	Other defendant	1	-	-	-	-
	Total	16	20	8	6	6
Cleveland	Male	1	6	11	8	8
	Female	1	4	3	3	5
	Other defendant	2	-	-	-	-
	Total	4	10	14	11	13
Cumbria	Male	1	1	2	1	1
	Female	-	-	6	-	-
	Other defendant	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	1	1	8	1	1
Derbyshire	Male	27	18	9	7	6
	Female	10	4	4	1	1
	Other defendant	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	37	22	13	8	7
Devon and Cornwall	Male	-	7	5	4	3
	Female	-	5	3	2	2
	Other defendant	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	-	12	8	6	5
Dorset	Male	7	6	30	6	2
	Female	2	4	5	1	-
	Other defendant	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	9	10	35	7	2
Durham	Male	-	2	2	-	1
	Female	-	-	-	-	2
	Other defendant	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	-	2	2	-	3
Essex	Male	4	1	8	14	12
	Female	3	1	-	2	2
	Other defendant	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	7	2	8	16	14
Gloucestershire	Male	-	1	4	9	3
	Female	-	-	1	1	-
	Other defendant	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	-	1	5	10	3
	Male	85	124	81	111	30
Greater Manchester	Female	40	55	36	48	5
	Other defendant	4	1	-	1	-
	Total	129	180	117	160	35
Hampshire	Male	-	6	7	2	4
	Female	-	3	4	-	-
	Other defendant	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	-	9	11	2	4
Hertfordshire	Male	1	7	3	40	21
	Female	-	1	-	-	2
	Other defendant	-	-	-	-	1
	Total	1	8	3	40	24
Humberside	Male	-	3	2	3	2
	Female	-	8	-	3	3
	Other defendant	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	-	11	2	6	5
Kent	Male	9	10	13	2	2
	Female	3	3	1	-	-
	Other defendant	-	2	-	-	-
	Total	12	15	14	2	2
Lancashire	Male	15	14	49	22	24
	Female	8	8	40	10	3
	Other defendant	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	23	22	89	32	27
Leicestershire	Male	9	9	21	35	40
	Female	6	-	6	10	15
	Other defendant	-	1	-	-	-
	Total	15	10	27	45	55
Lincolnshire	Male	9	3	7	5	2
	Female	8	1	4	5	1
	Other defendant	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	17	4	11	10	3
Merseyside	Male	25	13	12	12	21
	Female	16	6	4	22	7
	Other defendant	1	-	-	-	-
	Total	42	19	16	34	28
Metropolitan Police	Male	84	133	223	197	136
	Female	13	22	28	24	18
	Other defendant	16	12	2	15	22
	Total	113	167	253	236	176
Norfolk	Male	1	6	-	-	1
	Female	-	3	3	-	1
	Other defendant	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	1	9	3	-	2
North Yorkshire	Male	3	16	2	25	16
	Female	4	6	1	16	13
	Other defendant	-	-	-	27	-
	Total	7	22	3	68	29
Northamptonshire	Male	-	-	7	11	7
	Female	-	-	4	2	-
	Other defendant	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	-	-	11	13	7
Northumbria	Male	31	36	65	30	8
	Female	7	14	14	10	4
	Other defendant	-	1	-	1	-
	Total	38	51	79	41	12
Nottinghamshire	Male	5	-	6	26	3
	Female	4	-	5	11	2
	Other defendant	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	9	-	11	37	5
South Yorkshire	Male	-	4	11	8	4
	Female	-	1	7	2	3
	Other defendant	-	-	-	-	2
	Total	-	5	18	10	9
Staffordshire	Male	3	5	14	13	16
	Female	5	-	6	10	10
	Other defendant	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	8	5	20	23	26
Suffolk	Male	-	1	1	2	-
	Female	-	-	2	2	-
	Other defendant	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	-	1	3	4	-
Surrey	Male	4	9	12	17	3
	Female	-	1	1	1	2
	Other defendant	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	4	10	13	18	5
Sussex	Male	7	3	2	23	8
	Female	1	1	2	9	3
	Other defendant	-	-	-	1	-
	Total	8	4	4	33	11
Thames Valley	Male	2	19	6	28	14
	Female	4	8	9	8	6
	Other defendant	-	1	-	-	-
	Total	6	28	15	36	20
Warwickshire	Male	19	17	5	2	1
	Female	7	9	2	-	-
	Other defendant	1	-	-	-	-
	Total	27	26	7	2	1
West Mercia	Male	7	3	17	10	5
	Female	-	1	2	-	-
	Other defendant	-	1	-	-	-
	Total	7	5	19	10	5
West Midlands	Male	20	34	53	55	40
	Female	-	11	22	18	16
	Other defendant	-	-	1	1	1
	Total	20	45	76	74	57
West Yorkshire	Male	1	17	9	14	8
	Female	-	4	6	3	1
	Other defendant	1	-	-	-	-
	Total	2	21	15	17	9
Wiltshire	Male	4	5	16	9	5
	Female	1	3	7	1	1
	Other defendant	1	2	-	-	-
	Total	6	10	23	10	6
Dyfed-Powys	Male	5	15	4	12	6
	Female	-	9	2	4	4
	Other defendant	-	-	-	2	3
	Total	5	24	6	18	13
Gwent	Male	-	8	13	14	8
	Female	2	12	3	6	5
	Other defendant	-	-	-	1	-
	Total	2	20	16	21	13
North Wales	Male	4	3	8	3	6
	Female	3	2	2	1	2
	Other defendant	-	-	-	-	-
	Total	7	5	10	4	8
South Wales	Male	24	27	40	56	22
	Female	5	6	15	15	4
	Other defendant	-	1	-	1	3
	Total	29	34	55	72	29
England and Wales	Male	427	614	807	883	515
	Female	161	225	274	266	146
	Other defendant	28	22	3	50	32
	Total	616	861	1,084	1,199	693
(1) Other defendants include companies and public bodies etc. (2) Includes the following offences: (a) Holder of occasional permission or his agent knowingly selling to, knowingly allow consumption by or allowing any person to sell, intoxicating liquor to a person under 18. Selling etc. intoxicating liquor to person under 18 for consumption on the premises. (b) Wholesaler selling intoxicating liquor to a person under 18. (c ) Sale of alcohol to person under 18. (d) Allowing sale of alcohol to person under 18. (e) Persistently selling alcohol to children. (3) The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. 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. (4) 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 force. 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: Evidence and Analysis Unit-Office for Criminal Justice Reform Ref: IOS 043-09

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