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Written Question · S3W-11409 · Session 3

How many test purchases of alcohol have (a) been made on a second occasion in premises which had already failed a test purchase of alcohol …

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 on a second occasion in premises which had already failed a test purchase of alcohol 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) there have been 91 second or subsequent test purchases made on premises which had already failed a test purchase of alcohol, and
(b)(i) none of the second failures have occurred within on-sales premises.
(b)(ii) all five second failures occurred within off-sales premises. One in Dumfries and Galloway, three in Lothian and Borders and one in Strathclyde. The following table provides a breakdown per force.

| On Sales
| Off-Sales

No 2nd Tests
| Failed 2nd Test
| No 2nd Tests
| Failed 2nd Test

Central Scotland
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0

Dumfries and Galloway
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 1

Fife
| 2
| 0
| 6
| 0

Grampian
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0

Lothian and Borders
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 3

Northern
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0

Strathclyde
| 2
| 0
| 43
| 1

Tayside
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0

Scotland
| 4
| 0
|

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-11409 by reference.