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Written Question · S3W-16814 · Session 3

How many test purchases of alcohol have been carried out in each of the last two years in (a) on-sales and (b) off-sales premises, broken d…

Answered Asked by Richard Baker Lab Lodged 3 Oct 2008

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many test purchases of alcohol have been carried out in each of the last two years in (a) on-sales and (b) off-sales premises, broken down by police force area.

The answer

Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 Oct 2008 · 18 days after it was lodged, on time

Police Force
| 2007
| 2008

On-Sale
| Off-Sale
| On-Sale
| Off-Sale

Central
|
|
|
| 55

Dumfries and Galloway
|
| 32
|
| 45

Fife
| 1
| 27
| 22
| 123

Grampian
|
|
| 2
| 69

Lothian and Borders
|
| 20
|
| 183

Northern
|
|
|
| 10

Strathclyde
|
| 235
| 5
| 414

Tayside
|
| 11
|
| 29


The figures available for the amount of test purchases undertaken by Scottish police forces are for the period December 2007 to September 2008.
The 2007 figures do not include test purchases which were part of the Fife Constabulary test purchasing pilot. This commenced in June 2006 and ran for one year in which 415 on-sale premises and 443 off-sale premises were tested.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-16814 by reference.