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Written question asked by Sandra Gidley (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 2 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 4 March 2010. It was answered by Alan Campbell (Labour) on Tuesday, 9 March 2010 on behalf of the Home Office.

Alcoholic Drinks: Young People

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many retailers in each local authority area in the South East were convicted for selling alcohol to minors in the last 12 months.
Answer

The number of persons found guilty at all courts and the number of penalty notices for disorder (PND) given for the sale of alcohol to a person under 18 years, broken down by police force area (PFA) in England and Wales 2008 can be viewed in the following table. The PFAs in the South East are Kent, Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex and Thames Valley.Court proceedings data for 2009 is due to be published in the autumn 2010.

Number of penalty notices for disorder (PNDS) issued, defendants found guilty at all courts for selling alcohol to a person aged under 18¹, England and Wales 2008²
Police force area Convictions³ Penalty notice for disorder
Avon and Somerset 6 61
Bedfordshire — 24
Cambridgeshire 8 12
Cheshire 7 24
Cleveland 8 60
Cumbria 3 26
Derbyshire 16 186
Devon and Cornwall 1 58
Dorset 3 46
Durham 6 22
Dyfed Powys 2 35
Essex 7 56
Gloucestershire 29 33
Greater Manchester 6 135
Gwent 2 33
Hampshire — 132
Hertfordshire 6 29
Humberside 27 69
Kent 9 35
Lancashire 6 170
Leicestershire 17 101
Lincolnshire 65 56
Merseyside 1 121
Metropolitan 5 260
Norfolk 10 13
North Wales 1 43
North Yorkshire 4 3
Northamptonshire 4 24
Northumbria 16 35
Nottinghamshire 1 49
South Wales 6 64
South Yorkshire 5 214
Staffordshire 1 38
Suffolk — 26
Surrey 3 45
Sussex 32 97
Thames Valley 7 117
Warwickshire 1 10
West Mercia 3 45
West Midlands 7 77
West Yorkshire 8 122
Wiltshire 17 18
England and Wales 366 2,824
¹ The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.
² 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 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.
³ Excludes convictions data for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July, and August 2008.
Source:
Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
507 c217-8W; 320814
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Alcoholic drinks Young people South East
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk