§ 37. Mr. Shepherdasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the age groups of those convicted of drunkenness in 1938 and also in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Sir D. Maxwell FyfeI regret that this information is not available.
§ Mr. ShepherdIs my right hon. and learned Friend able to help the House by saying what the drinking among teenagers is, compared with 1938?
§ Sir D. Maxwell FyfeI am sorry, but to require the police to give additional offences in age groups would cause a great deal of extra work at present. The furthest I can go is to consider whether we can reasonably ask them to supply this information for 1953 and future years