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Written question asked by Harry Cohen (Labour) on Thursday, 17 July 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 21 July 2008. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Monday, 1 September 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.

Young Offenders: Antisocial Behaviour Orders

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice of the children aged 10 to 17 years prosecuted for breaching an antisocial behaviour order (ASBO) in the period January 2004 to December 2007, how many (a) received a custodial sentence solely for the breach of the ASBO, where no other matters were dealt with by the court at the same time, (b) received a custodial sentence for breach of an ASBO, where other matters were dealt with at the same time but where these matters did not warrant a custodial sentence and (c) received a custodial sentence for breach of an ASBO, where other matters were dealt with at the same time and where the other matters did warrant a custodial sentence.
Answer

I have been asked to reply.Information on breach of an antisocial behaviour order (ASBO) is not routinely collected in the format requested. However, in 2005, a one-off analysis was undertaken when numbers of ASBOs were low.A table showing figures for the period 1 June 2000 to 31 December 2003 is as follows.The table covers all persons issued ASBO’s, as reported to the Home Office, who breached their ASBO by the end of 2003. Age is determined by age at the date of appearance in court, on which the severest penalty for breach of an ASBO was received.

Number of persons receiving a custodial sentence for breaching an ASBO by age group and category
Age group Number of persons breaching their ASBOs by the end of 2003 Number of persons receiving a custodial sentence for breach of an ASBO Category A: where a person received a custodial sentence for at least one other offence at the same court appearance (excludes persons in group B) Category B: where a person received a consecutive sentence of custody for breach of an ASBO when being dealt with for other offences at the same court appearance (excludes persons in group A) Category AB: persons both in category A and B Category C: where the person was dealt with for a breach of an ASBO alone
10-17 417 179 50 21 78 30
18+ 376 258 32 31 91 104
All ages 793 437 82 52 169 134
Percentage distribution of penalties
10-17 — 43 28 12 44 17
18+ — 69 12 12 35 40
All ages — 55 19 12 39 31

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
220867; 479 c1514-6W
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Young offenders Anti-social behaviour orders
Link
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