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Obviously, I would want to look at more up-to-date figures for you, but the Home Office's 2004 evidence states that 22 per cent of 10 to 17-year-olds who drank alcohol obtained it from bars and pubs.
I always get slightly nervous when my brain reflects back on previous evidence, but to date we have had the sense that there has been much more improvement at secondary level.
Can we close the petition, but with the recommendation that information be supplied to us at a later date, or do we need to keep it open? It is awful early to make a snap judgment on the matter.
Simply put, a system that fails to dispose of more than half of all cases within six months of the date of the offence cannot truly be considered to be summary justice.
No, it is not my card, but you can see that it has on it the date of birth and an expiry date, which means that it would need to be updated from time to time.