HC Deb 17 November 1987 vol 122 c474W
Mr. Amess

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many criminal convictions were made on licensees for under-age drinking for the years since 1974; and if he will express the figures as a percentage of the total number of convictions.

Mr. John Patten

The available information held centrally, which may be incomplete, is given in the following table. Data are not available prior to 1979.

Persons found guilty of offence under section 169(1) of the Licensing Act 1964
England and Wales Numbers
1979 248
1980 233
1981 240
1982 187
1983 188
1984 164
1985 170
1986 165