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Written question asked by David Davis (Conservative) on Tuesday, 24 May 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 26 May 2005. It was answered by Charles Clarke (Labour) on Monday, 27 June 2005 on behalf of the Home Office.

Antisocial Behaviour

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many antisocial behaviour orders have been breached in each year since their introduction, broken down by (a) the reason for the breach and (b) the punishment given for the breach.
Answer

During the period 1 June 2000 to 31 December 2003 a total of 1,892 antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) were issued within England and Wales. Of those issued 793 individuals breached their ASBO over this period.The table counts all breach occasions during this period. The total given for this is 2,053 and represents breaches by those 793 individuals, indicating that those individuals breached more than once.

Number of occasions an ASBO was breached by year and type of sentence(2)
Type of sentence
Year of breach Discharge Fine Community sentence Custody Other Total
2000 0 7 2 8 2 19
2001 7 39 56 100 32 234
2002 26 52 144 230 60 512
2003 60 135 356 626 111 1,288
Total 93 233 558 964 205 2,053
(2) Includes multiple breaches of the same ASBO and covers those ASBOs reported to the Home Office.
(3) From 1 June 2000. Data for 2004 are not yet available.
(4) This excludes 10 cases where a fully suspended sentence was given and 29 cases where a sentence of one day in police cells was given. These cases are included in the ““Other”” column.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
1393; 435 c1238W;435 c1242W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Enforcement Anti-social behaviour orders