Liquor Licensing in Scotland, 1999

Liquor Licensing in Scotland, 1999 - 2003

Liquor licensing law offences recorded by the police in Scotland, by type of offence, 1980, 1994 and 1999-2002

Table 11

Type of offence	1980	1994	1999	2000	2001	2002
Sale of drink to person under 18	283	235	195	179	292	268
Purchasing excisable liquor for consumption by person under 18	144	160	144	161	209	187
Person under 18 buying excisable liquor or consuming in bar	666	121	99	72	96	62
Confiscation of alcohol from person under 18	-	-	13	4	5	8
Sports ground offences (possessing alcohol etc)	-	88	75	91	106	102
Consuming outwith permitted hours	85	39	43	49	82	47
Licenced persons, other offences	-	83	50	25	36	46
Licensed person, employee or agent drunk in licensed premises	15	25	32	37	24	17
Alcohol offences, travelling to and from sporting events	-	20	29	36	8	19
Other offences	139	96	128	38	47	43
Total Licensing law offences	1,332	867	808	692	905	799

"-" = statutory offence not in force or offence not separately identified within the SEJD classification of crimes and offences.

Persons with a charge proved for liquor licensing law offences ⁽¹⁾ in Scotland, by type of sentence, 1980, 1994 and 1999-2002

Table 12

Type of sentence	1980	1994	1999	2000	2001	2002
Number
Custody or community sentence	6	1	1	2	1	1
Financial penalty	647	144	108	86	86	102
Other	223	34	19	11	13	16
Total convictions	876	179	128	99	100	119
Percentage
Custody or community sentence	1	1	1	2	1	1
Financial penalty	74	80	84	87	86	86
Other	25	19	15	11	13	13

1 Where main offence is a liquor licensing law offence.