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Alcohol Sales (Young People)

Answer

Data held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform show that since 1997 there has been one prosecution in 2004 for selling alcohol to children and young people under the age of 18 years in the Cambridgeshire police force area.The offence of sale of alcohol to a person aged under 18 was added to the PND scheme on 1 November 2004. Data for 2004 and 2005, and provisional data from January to June 2006, are provided in the table.The Home Office is seeking to eliminate underage sales, by working in partnership with alcohol retailers to develop good practice, and through enforcement by means of regular test purchase campaigns. In October 2006 the Home Office funded a national intelligence-led test purchase campaign, to monitor the extent to which good practice has been taken on board by premises that are known to have sold alcohol to minors. As a result of this latest campaign, 42 premises are currently subject to a licence review by their local authority, which could result in their licence conditions being changed.

Number of people issued with Penalty Notices for Disorder for sale of alcohol to a minor, in Cambridgeshire police force area, 2004 to June 2006¹,²,³
	Number issued
2004	0
2005	11
20064 (January to June)	9
¹ 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 police. 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.
² January to June 2006 is provisional.
³ Offence added to the PND scheme on 1 November 2004.
4 Provisional.
Source:
RDS Office for Criminal Justice Reform.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

453 c633W; 102676

Session

2006-07

Subjects

Alcoholic drinks Young people Cambridgeshire

Link

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