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Home arrow Holyrood news arrow News categories arrow Justice (HCL08) arrow Big increase in prosecutions for selling drink to under-18s
Big increase in prosecutions for selling drink to under-18s Print E-mail
Friday, 15 August 2008

There has been a 40 per cent increase in the number of prosecutions of licensees for offences including selling alcohol to underage people.

A total of 2017 licensing offences were recorded by police in 2006/07, an increase of 40 per cent from the 1439 recorded in 2005/06. The Government says the increase is largely due to a major increase in prosecutions for those selling alcohol to minors.

The figures were released today by the Chief Statistician as part of the Scottish Liquor Licensing Statistics 2007.

Commenting on the figures, a Scottish Government spokesperson said:

“Tackling alcohol misuse involves action on a variety of fronts including better enforcement of the law and we welcome the figures which show a large rise in the number of people being prosecuted for selling drink to people under 18. We recognise that some retailers have done much to reduce underage sales but are pleased that rogue retailers are beginning to feel the combined force of tough action by the police using test purchasing operation and the licensing boards suspending licences.

“The Scottish Government is continuing to fight to change Scotland’s relationship with drink – that’s. why we are currently consulting on a range of innovative measures to tackle alcohol misuse and its cost to our economy and communities.”
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