Written question asked by Nigel Evans (Conservative) on Monday, 24 April 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 26 April 2006. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Monday, 15 May 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.

Public Disorder

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people in Lancashire were given on the spot fines for being drunk and disorderly under age in the last 12 months.

Answer: Provisional data from the Penalty Notices for Disorder (PND) database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform shows that, in the Lancashire police force area in 2005, 410 penalty notices for disorder were issued to persons aged 16 and 17 for the offence of "being drunk and disorderly". This is the most recent 12-month period for which complete data are available. An additional 84 notices were issued to juveniles aged 14 and 15 as a part of the Juvenile PND pilot in Lancashire during the same period.

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