Home Department written question – answered at on 7 September 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department
(1) how many people were (a) cautioned and (b) found guilty of selling intoxicating liquor to a person aged under 18 in 2003;
(2) how many people were (a) cautioned and (b) found guilty under section 169 (2) of the Licensing Act 1964 in 2003.
holding answer
Figures for England and Wales 2002 show that 59 people were cautioned and 103 found guilty for "selling etc, intoxicating liquor to persons under 18 for consumption on the premises" (Licensing Act 1964, S169(1); Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983, schedule (section 3) para. 4(1).) and a further two cautioned for "wholesaler selling intoxicating liquor to a person under 18" (Licensing Act 1964, section 181A as added by Licensing Act 1988, section 17). Those cautioned and found guilty under section 169(2) of the Licensing Act 1964 in 2002 were nine and 18 respectively.
Statistics on court proceedings for 2003 will be published in the autumn.
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