Written question asked by Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 27 June 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 29 June 2006. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Monday, 4 September 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.
Off-licence Alcohol Sales
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions there have been for off-licence alcohol sales to people (a) already under the influence of alcohol and (b) under the age of 18 years in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by region; and if he will make a statement
- Answer
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It is not possible to identify the number of prosecutions there have been for off-licence alcohol sales to people already under the influence of alcohol or under the age of 18 as the data held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform does not identify those offences that have taken place in an off licence. However, data for the number of defendants prosecuted for certain offences relating to alcohol can be found in the following table.Penalty Notices for Disorder have been available to the police for the offences of the sale of alcohol (a) to a drunken person and (b) to a person under the age of 18 since 1 November 2004, although data held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform does not identify those offences that have taken place in an off licence. The following table shows 2004 PND data for (a) selling alcohol to a person under 18, however there were no PND's issued for (b) Sale of alcohol to a drunken person in 2004. The table also shows provisional 2005 PND data for both (a) and (b).
Penalty notices for disorder (PNDs) issued by police force area and offence, all ages, 2004 Police force Selling alcohol to person under 18 England Avon and Somerset — Bedfordshire — Cambridgeshire — Cheshire — Cleveland — Cumbria — Derbyshire — Devon and Cornwall — Dorset 22 Durham — Essex 7 Gloucestershire — Greater Manchester — Hampshire 2 Hertfordshire — Humberside 2 Kent — Lancashire 30 Leicestershire 2 Lincolnshire — London, City of — Merseyside 2 Metropolitan 21 Norfolk — North Yorkshire — Northamptonshire 1 Northumbria 1 Nottinghamshire 9 South Yorkshire 2 Staffordshire — Suffolk — Surrey — Sussex — Thames Valley — Warwickshire — West Mercia 1 West Midlands 6 West Yorkshire 4 Wiltshire — Wales Dyfed-Powys — Gwent — North Wales 1 South Wales — Total 113 Number of penalty notices for disorder issued in 2005, for which outcomes data has been reported (provisional data) by offence and police force area Police force area DA07—Sale of alcohol to under 18 (now DA18) DA16—Sale of alcohol to drunken person Avon and Somerset 53 — Bedfordshire 2 — Cambridgeshire 11 — Cheshire 49 — Cleveland 33 1 Cumbria 23 — Derbyshire 8 — Devon and Cornwall 82 1 Dorset 20 — Durham 0 — Essex 117 — Gloucestershire 39 — Greater Manchester 125 — Hampshire 65 1 Hertfordshire 3 — Humberside 45 — Kent 10 2 Lancashire 178 4 Leicestershire 38 4 Lincolnshire 26 1 London, City of 0 — Merseyside 71 — Metropolitan 160 3 Norfolk 0 — North Yorkshire 0 — Northamptonshire 39 — Northumbria 47 — Nottinghamshire 116 — South Yorkshire 107 1 Staffordshire 19 — Suffolk 15 — Surrey 0 — Sussex 62 7 Thames Valley 12 — Warwickshire 3 — West Mercia 21 2 West Midlands 113 — West Yorkshire 72 1 Wiltshire 8 — Dyfed Powys 18 — Gwent 20 — North Wales 56 — South Wales 123 — England and Wales 2,009 28 Number of defendants prosecuted at magistrates courts for certain offences relating to the sale of alcohol, by region¹, England and Wales 2004 Statute Offence description Region Prosecuted Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983 Schedule (Sec 3) para 6. Licensing Act 1964 Sec 172. Holder of permission not to allow drunkenness etc. Permitting drunkenness or riotous conduct on the premises or selling liquor to a drunken person. North East 1 North West 3 Yorkshire and Humberside 1 East Midlands ³— West Midlands 2 East of England ³— London 2 South East 4 South West ³— Wales ³— England and Wales 13 Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983 Schedule (Sec 3) para 4(1). Licensing Act 1964 Sec 169¹. 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.² North East 63 North West 227 Yorkshire and Humberside 59 East Midands 36 West Midlands 80 East of England 28 London 162 South East 66 South West 33 Wales 82 England and Wales 836 Licensing Act 1964 Sec 181 A(1) as added by Licensing Act 1988 Sec 17. Wholesaler selling intoxicating liquor to a person under 18. North East ³— North West 1 Yorkshire and Humberside ³— East Midands ³— West Midlands 1 East of England 3 London ³— South East ³— South West ³— Wales ³— England and Wales 5 Licensing Act 2003 S.141 Sale of alcohol to a person who is drunk. North East ³— North West ³— Yorkshire and Humberside ³— East Midands ³— West Midlands ³— East of England ³— London ³— South East ³— South West ³— Wales ³— England and Wales 0 Licensing Act 2003 S.146 Sale of alcohol to person under 18. North East ³— North West 14 Yorkshire and Humberside ³— East Midands ³— West Midlands ³— East of England ³— London 5 South East ³— South West ³— Wales 1 England and Wales 20 ¹ These data are on the principal offence basis. ² Includes "Wholesaler selling intoxicating liquor to a person under 18" ³ Nil
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- 449 c1861-6W; 81689
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- 2005-06
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- Licensed premises Prosecutions
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