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Average fine amount imposed for selling alcohol to a person under 18( 1) , by criminal justice area( 2) 2004-08
£
Criminal j ustice area	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Avon and Somerset	*	186.7	*	*	*
Bedfordshire	*	386.1	370.5	*	*
Cambridgeshire	*	308.6	307.2	158.0	675.0
Cheshire	209.6	*	296.7	*	1,050.0
Cleveland	171.4	184.5	225.0	295.5	1,005.0
Cumbria	*	*	*	*	*
Derbyshire	217.7	*	300.0	422.9	483.0
Devon and Cornwall	*	*	*	*	*
Dorset	*	205.7	*	*	*
Durham	*	*	*	*	328.3
Dyfed-Powys	248.3	*	441.5	*	*
Essex	*	278.6	622.5	550.0	*
Gloucestershire	*	*	308.8	*	447.1
Greater Manchester	228.7	227.7	259.2	366.0	335.7
Gwent	181.8	222.5	313.6	209.4	250.0
Hampshire	290.0	257.1	*	*	*
Hertfordshire	*	*	235.0	370.3	*
Humberside	*	*	*	*	*
Kent	336.0	363.3	*	*	633.3
Lancashire	160.5	200.8	269.4	264.5	152.5
Leicestershire	*	291.1	249.1	306.6	482.5
Lincolnshire	*	*	*	*	*
Merseyside	195.0	165.0	161.7	202.1	203.5
Metropolitan police	285.9	283.0	314.0	470.7	505.9
Norfolk	*	*	*	*	*
North Wales	*	238.5	*	312.9	239.3
North Yorkshire	185.4	*	150.0	269.4	*
Northamptonshire	*	316.7	425.0	*	*
Northumbria	241.6	208.0	520.0	*	337.8
Nottinghamshire	*	194.4	253.7	*	*
South Wales	193.9	240.4	318.5	267.4	260.6
South Yorkshire	*	117.9	155.6	*	*
Staffordshire	*	195.0	154.6	173.3	271.4
Suffolk	*	*	*	*	*
Surrey	278.1	316.7	356.7	*	413.3
Sussex	*	*	173.4	322.5	*
Thames Valley	218.9	*	290.8	441.8	*
Warwickshire	102.0	101.7	*	*	*
West Mercia	*	290.8	*	*	*
West Midlands	271.4	203.2	373.9	403.7	304.7
West Yorkshire	260.9	260.7	385.0	358.3	*
Wiltshire	*	288.3	*	*	*
* = Figure suppressed as number too small to give meaningful average. (1) Licensing Act 2003 S.146 and 147, Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983 Schedule (Sec 3) para 4(1), Licensing Act 1964 S.181A(1) as added by Licensing Act 1988 S.17, Licensing Act 2003 S.147 as added by Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006. (2) In this table sentences at the Crown court are categorised according to the police force that prosecuted the offence which is not necessarily the area of the sentencing court. Notes: 1. Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July, and August 2008. 2. The answer given here relates to the total number of fines imposed for the offences listed. Source: Justice Statistics-Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice Ref: SENT(JSAS)169-10 14/06/2010.

Andrew Gwynne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many charges there were for alcohol-related offences of antisocial behaviour in (a) Tameside and (b) Stockport in the last 12 months; and how many of these were of those under the age of 18 years. [2848]

James Brokenshire: The court proceedings database does not contain information on charging.

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