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Home Office

Answer

Mr. Byrne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) criminal antisocial behaviour orders and (b) antisocial behaviour orders have been secured by courts since the introduction of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 in (i) Birmingham, (ii) Bristol, (iiii) Leeds, (iv) Liverpool, (v) Manchester, (vi) Newcastle, (vii) Nottingham and (viii) Sheffield. [214015] Ms Blears: The Anti-social Behaviour Act received royal assent in November 2003. antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) were introduced under The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and have been available since April 1999. ASBOs following conviction were introduced under The Police Reform Act 2002 and have been available since December 2002. Available information, including the availability of ASBOs since the introduction of the Anti-social Behaviour Act, is given in the table. Number of ASBOs issued, as notified to the Home Office, from 1 June 2000 to 30 June 2004 (latest available) by type of ASBO and local authority area where restrictions have been imposed _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Local authority where restrictions have been imposed Birmingham Bristol Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle- Nottingham Sheffield Upon-Tyne ASBOs issued on application 2000 3 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 June1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 July to September 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 October to December 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2001 13 9 8 4 13 4 8 4 January to March 2 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 April to June 8 5 0 2 1 0 8 0 July to September 2 1 4 0 4 0 0 3 October to December 1 1 0 1 6 4 0 1 2002 10 5 5 17 41 4 1 9 January to March 0 0 1 3 4 2 0 0 April to June 5 2 3 6 8 1 0 0 July to September 1 2 0 2 16 0 1 4 October to December 4 1 1 6 13 1 0 5 2003 6 2 51 21 69 2 2 5 January to March 0 0 9 3 6 1 0 0 April to June2 6 0 8 2 15 1 0 0 July to September 0 2 14 10 22 0 2 5 October to December 0 0 20 6 26 0 0 0 2004 2 3 77 9 61 1 0 6 January to March3 1 3 50 6 32 1 0 2 April to June 1 0 27 3 29 0 0 4 ASBOs issued following conviction 2002 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 October to December4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2003 19 7 3 3 7 2 6 2 January to March 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 April to June 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 July to September 6 5 1 0 2 0 2 0 October to December 8 1 1 3 3 1 4 1 2004 20 10 11 13 11 1 16 3 January to March 10 1 4 7 8 1 8 0 April to June 10 9 7 6 3 0 8 3 All ASBO issued Total 73 38 157 68 202 14 36 29 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Introduced under The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 ASBOs were made available to the magistrates courts, acting in their civil capacity, on application, from 1 April 1999. However data from 1 April 1999 to 31 May 2000 are not available as they were collected on aggregate numbers only at police force area level. 2 The Police Reform Act 2002 authorised application to the county courts, as from 1 April 2003, where there are existing proceedings, for an ASBO to be issued. 3 As from 31 March 2004 the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 added housing action trusts (HATS) and English county councils to the list of relevant authorities who can apply for an ASBO or an order in county court proceedings. 4 As from 2 December 2002 The Police Reform Act 2002 gave authority to the magistrates courts acting in their criminal capacity, and the Crown Court to issue ASBOs following conviction.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

214015; 431 c440-2W;431 c437-8W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Crime Courts Anti-social behaviour Birmingham Bristol Greater Manchester Leeds Newcastle upon Tyne Nottingham Liverpool Sheffield Anti-social behaviour orders

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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