Measures taken to combat underage drinking in Hagley village

Dear Mr Lambert

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Dear Mr Lambert

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: RFI 2140

I write in connection with your request for information which was received
on 2009. Please find below the response to your request:

1.Please provide details ( in real figures and not percentages)of the
number of prosecutions/ cautions/FPNs relating to underage

drinking carried out by the local police in Hagley village in the past
twelve months and whether this figure has increased or decreased relating
to the previous twelve months.

REPLY: No specific recorded information held. West Mercia Police do not
prosecute persons under 18 for `underage drinking`

2. Please provide details of what efforts (if any) have been made in the
last twelve months by the local Hagley police to work with Spar and the
Wine Rack ( the two local alcohol distributors) eg.postcoding of bottles
of alcohol.

REPLY: No specific recorded information held

3. Please confirm whether or not Hagley village police have run more than
ONE dry train from Stourbridge/Hagley/Kidderminster in the past twelve
months and if so how many?

REPLY: Information is held regarding one such train in the past 12 months.
The train operator, London Midland, or British Transport Police may have
further information should you wish to contact them directly

4.Please provide the precise number of times late night evening patrols
have been carried out in Hagley village within the past twelve months
specifically to deter underage drinking, street drinking and related
antisocial behaviour.

REPLY: No specific recorded information held. However, please be advised
that all police officers and community support officers on patrol will
challenge and deter anti-social behaviour, whenever they come across it in
their normal course of duties

Every effort has been made to ensure that the response provided above by
our North Worcestershire Division is as accurate as possible.

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Yours sincerely

Miss R Forrest

Information Compliance Unit

Information Management and Technology Department

West Mercia Police

PO Box 55

Hindlip

Worcester

WR3 8SP

01905 331545 / 331565

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