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Written question asked by Chris Ruane (Labour) on Friday, 16 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 20 December 2005. It was answered by Hazel Blears (Labour) on Monday, 9 January 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.

Fireworks

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many penalty notices have been issued in relation to the illegal use of fireworks by each police force area in Wales since the relevant legislation was introduced.
Answer

Offences under the Fireworks Regulations 2004 (made under section 11 of the Fireworks Act 2003) for breach of the national fireworks curfew, the illegal possession of category four fireworks and the possession by a person under 18 of an adult firework attract penalty notices for disorder, as does the offence of throwing fireworks. The offence of throwing fireworks has been included in the penalty notice for disorder scheme since it was introduced nationally during 2004. The offences under the Fireworks Regulations 2004 were brought into the scheme with effect from 11 October 2004. The numbers of penalty notices issued by police force areas in Wales are provided in the table.

Number of penalty notices for disorder issued for fireworks offences, Wales, 2004 and January-August 2005 provisional figures
Throwing fireworks Breach of fireworks curfew Possession of a Category 4 firework Possession by under 18 of adult firework
Police force area 2004 January-August 2005 2004 January-August 2005 2004 January-August 2005 2004 January-August 2005
Dyfed-Powys 1 1 — — — — — —
Gwent 1 3 1 1 1 — — —
North Wales 8 7 1 1 1 — — —
South Wales — — — — — — — —
Total 10 11 2 1 1 1 1 —
Source: RDS—Office for Criminal Justice Reform

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
441 c372W; 39294
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Enforcement Fixed penalties Fireworks Wales
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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