§ Mr. Home RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his reply on 4 December to the hon. Member for Davyhulme (Mr. Churchill), if he will give a regional breakdown of the figures for prosecutions for illegal sales of tobacco and alcohol, respectively, to children.
§ Mr. John PattenInformation held centrally on the number of prosecutions against the illegal sale of tobacco and alcohol to children by police force area in England and Wales for 1984 to 1988 is given in the table.
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Numbers proceeded against Tobacco Alcohol Police force area 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 Metropolitan police district1 2 — 2 — 1 — 4 11 4 17 Norfolk 1 — — — — 8 4 8 2 11 Northamptonshire — — — — — — 1 2 — 1 Northumbria 1 1 1 — 1 8 1 7 4 15 North Yorkshire 2 — 1 — — 15 10 26 3 13 Nottinghamshire 2 2 1 — — 1 2 — 1 7 South Yorkshire — — — 1 — 1 2 9 8 73 Staffordshire — — — — — — 8 11 13 15 Suffolk — — — 1 — 3 — — 2 5 Surrey — 2 — 1 — 3 1 6 6 7 Sussex — — — — — 5 5 12 7 15 Thames Valley — — — — — 4 3 1 2 15 Warwickshire — 1 — — 1 6 4 6 3 1 West Mercia 2 1 — — 1 23 13 15 4 10 West Midlands 11 5 1 — 3 31 21 3 7 27 West Yorkshire 2 4 2 1 4 18 12 11 15 13 Wiltshire — — — 1 — — — 1 2 6 Dyfed-Powys — — — — 1 6 6 4 1 4 Gwent — — — — — 3 6 6 22 35 North Wales — — — — — 11 3 5 3 13 South Wales 1 1 — — 1 8 9 7 15 20 England and Wales 45 28 17 18 29 314 274 296 333 673 1 Includes the City of London.