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Alcoholic Drinks: Young People

Answer

Information held on the court proceedings and PND databases cannot be broken down by constituency, the information has been provided for police force area.There were no persons issued with a caution for the offence of selling alcohol to persons under the age of 18 years in Cambridgeshire police force area for the years 2001 to 2006.The number of persons fined at all courts for the offence of selling alcohol to persons under the age of 18 years in Cambridgeshire police force area for the years 2001 to 2006 can be viewed in table 1.In addition to court fines, police can issue an 'on the spot fine' or a penalty notice for disorder (PND) for the offence of selling alcohol to persons under the age of 18. The number of persons issued with PND for the offence in Cambridgeshire police force area for the years 2004 to 2006 can be viewed in table2. The PND scheme was rolled-out to all police forces in England and Wales in 2004.

Number of persons fined at all courts for offences relating to certain alcohol offences in the Cambridgeshire police force area for the years 2001 to 2006¹, ², ³
	Fines
2001	0
2002	0
2003	0
2004	1
2005	7
2006	18
¹ These data are on the principal offence basis.
² Data includes the following offence descriptions and corresponding statutes:
14203—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. Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983 Schedule (Sec. 3) para 4(1). Licensing Act 1964 Sec. 169(1).
14379—Sale of alcohol to a person Under 18 Licensing Act 2003 S.146(1).
14352—Wholesaler selling intoxicating liquor to a person under 18. Licensing Act 1964 Sec. 181A(l) as added by Licensing Act 1988 Sec. 17.
14380—Allow sale of alcohol to an individual under 18. Licensing Act 2003 Sec 147(1) & (5).
³ 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 courts, other agencies, and police forces. 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.
Note:
The Licensing Act 2003 came into force on 24 November 2005.
Source:
Court proceedings data held by RDS—Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice Our Ref: IOS 159-08 (Table 1).

Number of persons issued with a penalty notice for disorder for the offence Sale of alcohol to person under 18 in the Cambridgeshire police force area for the years 2004 to 2006¹, ², ³, 4
	Sale of alcohol to person under 18
2004	0
2005	11
2006	14
¹ These data are on the principal offence basis.
² Data includes the following offence descriptions and corresponding statute:
Sale of alcohol anywhere to a person under 18. s.146(1) of the Licensing Act 2003.
³ New legislative reference with effect from 24 November 2005 on implementation of Licensing Act 2003.
4 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 courts, other agencies, and police forces. 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.
Source:
Court proceedings data held by RDS—Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice. Our Ref: IOS 159-08 (Table 2)

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

476 c869-70W;476 c867-8W; 192386

Session

2007-08

Subjects

Alcoholic drinks Young people Cambridgeshire

Link

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