Written question asked by Baroness Featherstone (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 24 July 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 26 July 2007. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Monday, 3 September 2007 on behalf of the Home Office.

Antisocial Behaviour Orders: Greater London

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many antisocial behaviour orders were issued in each London borough to (a) males and (b) females aged (i) under 12-years-old, (ii) 13-years-old, (iii) 14-years-old, (iv) 15-years-old, (v) 16-years-old, (vi) 17-years-old and (viii) 18-years-old and over in each of the last five years.

Answer

The information is not provided by London borough, the available information is in the following table.

Number of antisocial behaviour orders ISSUED at all courts in the Greater London Criminal Justice System (CJS) area, by gender, age group and year
Gender and age group	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	Total issued
Females
10-17	1	0	8	6	17	32
18 and over	2	6	24	55	42	129
Age not known	—	2	—	1	5	8
Total females	3	8	32	62	64	169

Males
10-17	9	5	33	100	172	319
18 and over	3	6	73	267	279	628
Age not known	—	2	1	12	13	28
Total males	12	13	107	379	464	975
Total persons	15	21	139	441	528	1,144
Note:
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
Source:
As reported to the Home Office by the Court Service.

Secondary information