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Home Office

Answer

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list all the antisocial behaviour measures introduced by his Department since 1997; and if he will give the total figures for take-up for each measure to date by (a) basic command unit and (b) local authority area. [214265] Ms Blears: Anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOS) were introduced under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. The Police Reform Act 2002 and the Criminal Justice Act 2003 extended the legislation to allow additional agencies to apply for ASBOs and introduced two new types of ASBO: orders on conviction and interim orders. The Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 put in place a range of measures to tackle antisocial behaviour and gave local agencies the tools they need to tackle antisocial behaviour on the ground. Key measures in the Act include: Powers to close premises where drugs are used unlawfully Powers enabling social landlords to take action against anti- social tenants A package of support and sanctions to enable parents to prevent and tackle anti-social behaviour among children Powers to allow police officers to disperse groups of people who are causing nuisance or intimidating others Powers for environmental health officers to close noisy premises Powers to tackle graffiti and fly-posting. The Housing Act 2004, introduced by ODPM, also contained important measures to enable landlords to tackle anti-social behaviour. Data on the take-up of anti-social behaviour measures is not available in the form requested. However, a one-off snapshot survey of the uptake of anti-social behaviour powers was carried out in September 2004 and published in October 2004 in the "Together" One-Year On report. This survey of antisocial behaviour co-ordinators in Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership provided an estimate of use of powers over a 12-month period. The results of the survey, based on responses from 239 antisocial behaviour co-ordinators, found that: 158 crack house closure orders were made between January and September 2004 418 dispersal orders were made between January and September 2004 824 parenting contracts and orders were made between October 2003 and September 2004 5,383 acceptable behaviour contracts were made between October 2003 and September 2004. Data showing the number of ASBOs issued by all courts, broken down by local authority area, is shown in the table which has been placed in the Library. We do not collect data on ASBOs by basic command unit.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

430 c1517-8W; 214265

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Crime prevention Anti-social behaviour Enforcement Powers Anti-social behaviour orders

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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