HC Deb 07 November 1983 vol 48 c33W
Mr. Dubs

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions were brought in 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982 against retailers under section 7 of the Children and Young Persons Act for selling cigarettes to children.

Mr. Mellor

The information available to us, which may be incomplete, is published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales"—Offence classification 144 in table 1.1 (A) of the supplementary tables 1982, volume 1.