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Written Question · S3W-11408 · Session 3

How many test purchases of alcohol have (a) been made and (b) resulted in failure in (i) on-sales and (ii) off-sales premises as defined by…

Answered Asked by Bill Aitken Con Lodged 27 Mar 2008

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many test purchases of alcohol have (a) been made and (b) resulted in failure in (i) on-sales and (ii) off-sales premises as defined by the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976, broken down by police force area.

The answer

Answered by Shona Robison on 18 Apr 2008 · 22 days after it was lodged, on time

Information obtained from the Scottish Police Service, indicates that :
(a) Six hundred and forty-four tests have been undertaken since test purchase went live across Scotland. 632 off-sales and 12 on-sales.
(b)(i) There were four failures in respect of on-sales (33%). Two of the on-sales failures were in Fife and two in Strathclyde.
(b) (ii) There were 87 failures in respect of off-sales (14%).
The following table provides a breakdown per force.

| On Sales
| Off-Sales

Tested
| Failed
| Tested
| Failed

Central Scotland
| 0
| 0
| 46
| 3

Dumfries and Galloway
| 0
| 0
| 69
| 15

Fife
| 7
| 2
| 65
| 6

Grampian
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 2

Lothian and Borders
| 0
| 0
| 51
| 17

Northern
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0

Strathclyde
| 5
| 2
| 356
| 43

Tayside
| 0
| 0
| 34
| 1

Scotland
| 12
| 4
|

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-11408 by reference.