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Written question asked by David Davis (Conservative) on Monday, 14 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 16 November 2005. It was answered by Paul Goggins (Labour) on Wednesday, 30 November 2005 on behalf of the Home Office.

Police Reform Act (Schedule 4)

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been (a) required not to consume alcohol in a designated public place and (b) forced to surrender any alcohol or container for alcohol by (i) community support officers and (ii) police officers under paragraph 5 of schedule 4 to the Police Reform Act 2002 in each of the last four years, broken down by police authority.
Answer

Information from the Home Office Court Proceedings database on the number of defendants prosecuted for contravening a community support officers requirement to surrender liquor and not to consumer liquor, by police force area, is shown in the table.Court statistics for 2005 will be available in autumn 2006. Similar information is not available in respect of police officers.In addition to the aforementioned, information was collected on alcohol confiscations undertaken during the nationwide 2004 summer Alcohol Misuse Enforcement Campaign (AMEC). The campaign started at the beginning of July 2004 and ended at the end of August 2004 and the results were published in a Lessons Learned document. This showed that in total the police confiscated alcohol from 9,677 people. Two-thirds of these (66 per cent.) confiscations were from alcohol exclusion zones or designated areas, and one-third (34 per cent.) were from youths. During a similar shorter two-week Christmas 2004/new year 2005 AMEC the police confiscated alcohol from 1,560 youths and 1,290 adults in a designated area. The following number of Designated Public Places Orders have been introduced: three in 2001; 69 in 2002; 78 in 2003; 92 in 2004; 59 so far in 2005.

Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts for certain offences, by police force area, 1999 to 2004(42)
Offence description Principal statute Year Police force area Proceeded against
Contravening a community support officers' requirement to surrender liquor Police Reform Act 2002 Sch 4 Para 6 (Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Act 1997 S.1) 1999 Hampshire 1
Lancashire 1
Merseyside 1
Sussex 1
Total 4
2000 Hampshire 1
Humberside 1
Lancashire 1
Wiltshire 1
Total 4
2001 Cumbria 1
Devon and Cornwall 1
Thames Valley 1
Gwent 1
Total 4
2002 Cleveland 1
Metropolitan Police 2
Northumbria 2
Total 5
2003 North Yorkshire 1
Northumbria 1
Staffordshire 1
North Wales 1
Total 4
2004 Essex 1
Humberside 3
Metropolitan Police 1
Northumbria 3
Staffordshire 1
West Midlands 2
South Wales 1
Total 12
Contravene a community support officers' requirement not to consume liquor Police Reform Act 2002 Sch 4 Para 5 (Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 S.12) 2002 Avon and Somerset 1
Bedfordshire 3
Cumbria 1
Devon and Cornwall 2
Dorset 1
Greater Manchester 1
Humberside 2
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 1
Metropolitan Police 16
Northumbria 1
Sussex 3
West Mercia 2
Wiltshire 1
North Wales 1
Total 37
2003 Avon and Somerset 4
Bedfordshire 13
Devon and Cornwall 8
Gloucestershire 1
Greater Manchester 1
Lancashire 4
Metropolitan Police 36
Norfolk 11
Northumbria 3
Staffordshire 3
Sussex 1
Thames Valley 15
West Midlands 3
West Yorkshire 3
Wiltshire 1
Gwent 1
Total 108
2004 Avon and Somerset 9
Bedfordshire 4
Derbyshire 2
Devon and Cornwall 6
Dorset 1
Gloucestershire 2
Greater Manchester 4
Hampshire 1
Lancashire 2
Metropolitan Police 19
Norfolk 3
Northumbria 5
Staffordshire 1
Sussex 7
Thames Valley 31
West Mercia 1
West Midlands 13
Wiltshire 2
Gwent 4
North Wales 2
South Wales 3
Total 122
(42) These data are on the principal offence basis.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
440 c599-602W;440 c599-602W; 29361
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Alcoholic drinks Court orders Enforcement Public places
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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