Tories demand under age booze blitz

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Shadow home secretary David Davis accused ministers of "staggering complacency" in failing to enforce the law.

More than a million people are refused alcohol in pubs on the grounds of age every month.

In just one leading off-licence chain last year, more than 300,000 were turned away for the same reason - and the overall number is thought to be many times higher.

However, figures obtained by the Conservatives using Parliamentary questions show that formal action is being taken against fewer than a hundred alleged offenders annually.

In 2006, court proceedings were initiated against individuals aged between 10 and 17 on just 10 occasions, while 13 would-be drinkers received a police caution and 62 fixed-fine notices were handed to 16 and 17-year-olds.

Mr Davis said: "Under age drinking damages young people and fuels youth crime. Ministers talk endlessly about cracking down on alcohol-related violence, but these figures show the Government's staggering complacency when it comes to taking the action required.

"The Government's basic failure to enforce the law sends totally the wrong message about under age drinking and puts the public at risk from the spiralling violence it generates."

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