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Written question asked by Bob Spink (Conservative) on Thursday, 12 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 16 January 2006. It was answered by Paul Goggins (Labour) on Tuesday, 24 January 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.

Alcohol Sales (Under-age People)

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fixed penalty notices were issued for (a) consumption of alcohol by and (b) selling alcohol to under age people in (i) Essex and (ii) Castle Point in each of the last five years.
Answer

The Penalty Notice for Disorder (PND) scheme was brought into effect in England and Wales during 2003–04 to provide the police with a quick and effective means of dealing with minor offences. Under the scheme an offender is issued with a fixed penalty notice and has 21 days in which to pay the penalty or request a court hearing.The offences of sale of alcohol to a person under 18 and consumption of alcohol by a person aged under 18 in licensed premises were added to the scheme with effect from 1 November 2004. The numbers of penalty notices issued for offences related to buying and consuming alcohol in Essex police force area, are provided in the table.It is not possible to identify all Penalty Notices issued in Castle Point because the data is not broken down to that level of detail.

Number of penalty notices for disorder for certain offences relating to alcohol, Essex police force area, 2004 and 2005(provisional)(16)
Offence description 2004 2005
Selling alcohol to person under 18 7 85
Consumption of alcohol by under 18 in licensed premises — —
(16) Provisional data January to September 2005

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
42906; 441 c2011W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Alcoholic drinks Fixed penalties Essex Misuse Sales Young people Castle Point
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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