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Home Office

Answer

Mrs. Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average total cost, including all staff, legal, court and other process costs, of securing (a) an anti-social behaviour order, (b) an injunction and (c) an eviction was in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [213527] Ms Blears: [holding answer 7 February 2005]: We do not hold data on the information requested. We hold data on the average cost to the applicant authority of obtaining an antisocial behaviour order (ASBO). The Campbell Review, published in 2002, provides the latest data on the cost of obtaining an ASBO. It quoted an average cost of £4,800 for an ASBO but this figure was based on a small sample of orders in the early period of their introduction and was skewed by one abnormally complicated and unrepresentative expensive application. Practitioners advise that applications usually cost much less than this and that costs decrease with experience of using the orders. New research, due to be published shortly, shows that costs have reduced significantly since the Campbell Review. Injunctions are civil orders taken out by landlords or local authorities. We do not hold information on the average cost of an injunction or eviction.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

430 c1523-4W; 213527

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Costs Legal costs Evictions Injunctions Anti-social behaviour orders

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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