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Written question asked by David Ruffley (Conservative) on Tuesday, 18 December 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 7 January 2008. It was answered by Maria Eagle (Labour) on Tuesday, 18 March 2008 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Antisocial Behaviour

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many times (a) antisocial behaviour orders, (b) acceptable behaviour contracts, (c) warnings, (d) individual support plans, (e) action plan orders, (f) child safety orders, (g) referral orders, (h) parenting orders, (i) parenting contracts, (j) local child curfew schemes, (k) dispersal powers, (l) fixed penalty notices for disorderly behaviour, (m) detention and training orders, (n) seizure of vehicles used antisocially, (o) closure of licensed premises, (p) confiscation of alcohol from young people and (q) designated public places orders have been used in each (i) local authority and (ii) police authority area, broken down by basic command unit, in each region of England and Wales in each year since the introduction of the powers.
Answer

The information requested that is available has been placed in the Libraries of the House. Information on the number of acceptable behaviour contracts are not centrally held by my Department. Information on the number of Child Safety Orders issued are not collected centrally. This order only applies to children under 10 years of age. It can be applied to a child who has committed an offence, has breached a Child Curfew or has caused harassment, distress or alarm to others.No local child curfew scheme has yet been set up under the powers which were provided by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and Sections 48 and 49 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001.Section 59 of the Police Reform Act 2002 enables the police to seize a vehicle they reasonably believe is being driven in a way that both contravenes s3 or 34 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and is causing or is likely to cause alarm, distress or annoyance. Information on the number of vehicles seized by the police under this provision is not collected centrally.Information on the closure of licensed premises is the province of the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS). They have told me that they do not hold information on every individual local authority area in England and Wales.No information is currently held centrally by the DCMS concerning closure notices and closure orders made under sections 160 or 169A of the Licensing Act 2003; under section 40 of the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003; or under sections 19 and 21 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001.However information is available on the number of closures made by the police under section 161 of the Licensing Act 2003. There were 44 closure orders made by senior police officers between April 2006 and March 2007 based on returns from 85 per cent of licensing authorities.A small scale Confiscation of Alcohol Campaign took place between 8 October—5 November (with particular focus on the school half term holiday, Halloween and bonfire night). 23 police Basic Command Units took part in the campaign with over 3,700 litres of alcohol confiscated.Designated public places orders are the responsibility of the Home Office and they have informed me they do not collect information centrally on how Designated Public Place Order (DPPO) areas are enforced by the police. For example, the number of PNDs issued; prosecutions or numbers of individuals who comply with a police constable's request to refrain from consuming alcohol.The Home Office have been notified of 545 DPPOs introduced since they came into force on 1 September 2001.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
473 c1085-6W;473 c1081-2W; 176314
Session
2007-08
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2008-0778
Tuesday, 18 March 2008
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects
Anti-social behaviour
Link
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