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This briefing paper provides an overview of the remedies available to social landlords to deal with tenants who exhibit anti-social behaviour. The paper focuses on England but some of the same legislation applies in Wales. Scotland and Northern Ireland operate under different legislative regimes. The Home Office updated guidance for frontline professionals dealing with ASB in August 2019.
This briefing paper provides an overview of the remedies available to social landlords to deal with tenants who exhibit anti-social behaviour. The paper focuses on England but some of the same legislation applies in Wales. Scotland and Northern Ireland operate under different legislative regimes. The Home Office updated guidance for...
By
Wendy Wilson
Type
Commons Briefing papers
Legislation
Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014
Subjects
Landlord and tenant; Evictions; Injunctions; Nuisance; Noise; Negligence; Social problems; Acceptable behaviour contracts
Date
23 August 2019
Reference
SN00264
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many acceptable behaviour contracts have been (a) agreed and (b) breached in the London Borough of Bexley in each year since their inception.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many acceptable behaviour contracts have been (a) agreed and (b) breached in the London Borough of Bexley in each year since their inception.
Asked by
David Evennett
(Conservative)
Answered by
Alan Campbell
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
3 November 2009
For answer on
5 November 2009
Answered on
11 November 2009
Acceptable behaviour contracts (ABCs) are non-statutory, voluntary agreements which are normally made between a perpetrator of antisocial behaviour and an antisocial behaviour agency or school.Data on ABCs are collected by the Home Office through a voluntary survey of Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships' (CDRPs) use of antisocial behaviour tools and powers. The latest published data indicate that 23 ABCs were made in Bexley between October 2003 and September 2008. Data on breach of ABCs are not collected by the Home Office.
Subjects
Bexley; Acceptable behaviour contracts
Date
11 November 2009
Reference
499 c415W; 298113
House
House of Commons
(2) how many acceptable behaviour contracts have been agreed in (a) Reading East constituency and (b) Berkshire in each year since the inception of such contracts;
(2) how many acceptable behaviour contracts have been agreed in (a) Reading East constituency and (b) Berkshire in each year since the inception of such contracts;
Asked by
Rob Wilson
(Conservative)
Answered by
Alan Campbell
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
29 October 2009
For answer on
2 November 2009
Answered on
10 November 2009
Data on antisocial behaviour contracts is collected under the survey completed by crime and disorder reduction partnerships. Data was first collected for the period October 2003 to September 2004 and the most recent is for the period from October 2007 to September 2008. The data for Reading CDRP are broken down as follows:
Data broken down by constituency and county are not available antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) became available from April 1999. Data collected centrally by the Ministry of Justice on numbers of ASBOs issued showing a breakdown by age group is only available for ASBOs issued from 1 June 2000. The number of ASBOs issued in each year to persons under the age of 18 at all courts in the Thames Valley Criminal Justice System (CJS) area between 1 June 2000 and 31 December 2007 (latest available) is shown in the following table.Data collected centrally by the Ministry of Justice on ASBO breaches only counts those occasions where the breach was proven in court to have occurred and are available for ASBOs issued from 1 June 2000. The number of ASBOs issued at all courts in the Thames Valley CJS area subsequently proven in court to have been breached for the first time in each year during the period 1 June 200- 31 December 2007 is also shown in the table.It should be noted that these breached ASBOs are counted based on the year the first breach was proven in court. They include breaches by persons of all ages. Many ASBOs which are breached in a particular year will have been issued in a previous year; it is therefore not possible to compute breach rates from the figures presented this table. ASBOs may be breached more than once and in more than one year. In this table ASBOs are counted once only within the period when they were first breached.Data on ASBOs issued and breached collected centrally by the Ministry of Justice are not available below Criminal Justice System (CJS) area level.
| Number | |
| 2003-04 | 6 |
| 2004-05 | 21 |
| 2005-06 | 2 |
| 2006-07 | 4 |
| 2007-08 | 5 |
| Total | 38 |
| Number of antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) issued to persons under 18-years of age at all courts¹ in the Thames Valley Criminal Justice System (CJS) area and the number proven in court to have been breached, in each year², 1 June 2000 to 31 December 2007 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thames Valley | 2000³ | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| Issued (aged 10-17) | — | 3 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 17 |
| Breached (all ages)4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 6 | 26 | 32 | 31 | 22 |
| n/a = not available. | ||||||||
| ¹ This includes magistrates courts when acting both in their civil capacity issuing ASBOs on application and their criminal capacity when issuing ASBOs following conviction for a criminal offence. | ||||||||
| ² ASBOs may be breached more than once and in more than one year. In this table ASBOs breached are counted based on the year the first breach was proven in court. Many ASBOs which are breached in a particular year will have been issued in a previous year. | ||||||||
| ³ Age details of ASBO recipients available from 1 June 2000. Breach data are from 1 June 2000. | ||||||||
| 4 ASBOs can be issued in one CJS area and breached in another. In this table breaches are counted on area of issue. | ||||||||
| Breach data for 2000—02 are not available broken down by year. | ||||||||
| Notes: | ||||||||
| 1. Previously issued data have been revised. | ||||||||
| 2. ASBO breach data are compiled by matching records of ASBOs issued with ASBOs breached. The nature of this matching process means that previously published ASBO breach data are subject to minor revision. 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 and police forces. 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 (issued): | ||||||||
| As reported to the Home Office by the Court Service. | ||||||||
| Source (breached): | ||||||||
| Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings Database. | ||||||||
| Prepared by Justice Statistics Analytical Services. | ||||||||
| [Ref: ASBO 57-09, PQs 297557 and 297555]. |
Subjects
Berkshire; Acceptable behaviour contracts
Date
10 November 2009
Reference
499 c331-2W; 297556
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many acceptable behaviour contracts have been made in (a) Staffordshire and (b) Tamworth constituency in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many acceptable behaviour contracts have been made in (a) Staffordshire and (b) Tamworth constituency in each of the last five years.
Asked by
Brian Jenkins
(Labour)
Answered by
Alan Campbell
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
22 October 2009
For answer on
26 October 2009
Answered on
29 October 2009
The number of acceptable behaviour contracts (ABCs) is collected by the Home Office through a voluntary survey of Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) use of antisocial behaviour tools and powers. The latest published data indicate that at least 450 ABCs were made in Staffordshire between October 2003 and September 2008, of which 75 were issued in Tamworth during the same period.
Subjects
Staffordshire; Acceptable behaviour contracts
Date
29 October 2009
Reference
498 c530W; 296108
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many acceptable behaviour contracts have been made in (a) the London Borough of Enfield and (b) Enfield North constituency in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many acceptable behaviour contracts have been made in (a) the London Borough of Enfield and (b) Enfield North constituency in each of the last five years.
Asked by
Joan Ryan
(Labour)
Answered by
Alan Campbell
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
23 June 2009
For answer on
25 June 2009
Answered on
29 June 2009
The number of acceptable behaviour contracts (ABCs) is collected by the Home Office through a voluntary survey of crime and disorder reduction partnerships (CDRPs) use of antisocial behaviour tools and powers. The latest data published indicates that over 30,000 ABCs have been made between October 2003 and September 2007, with over 2,958 issued in Greater London during the same period. Currently, data on the number of ABCs issued are not available below regional level.
Subjects
Enfield; Acceptable behaviour contracts
Date
29 June 2009
Reference
495 c62-3W; 282566
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) acceptable behaviour contracts and (b) antisocial behaviour orders were issued in Cleethorpes constituency in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) acceptable behaviour contracts and (b) antisocial behaviour orders were issued in Cleethorpes constituency in each of the last five years.
Asked by
Shona McIsaac
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
17 June 2008
For answer on
19 June 2008
Answered on
25 June 2008
Data on acceptable behaviour contracts (ABCs) are not collected by the Home Office as they are voluntary agreements and therefore not suitable for central data collection. However, surveys carried out by the Home Office of the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) indicated that over 280 ABCs have been made in Lincolnshire since October 2003.Information on the number of antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) issued is not collected centrally at parliamentary constituency area level. The number of ASBOs issued in the Lincolnshire Criminal Justice System (CJS) area from January 2002 to December 2006 (latest available) is shown in the following table. CJS areas are coterminous with police force areas.
| Number of antisocial behaviour orders ISSUED at all courts in the Lincolnshire Criminal Justice System (CJS) area, as reported to the Home Office by the Court Service, 2002-06 | |
|---|---|
| Lincolnshire | |
| 2002 | 2 |
| 2003 | 7 |
| 2004 | 12 |
| 2005 | 20 |
| 2006 | 17 |
| Total | 58 |
| 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 and police forces. 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. | |
| Prepared by CJEAU, Ministry of Justice. |
Subjects
Cleethorpes; Anti-social behaviour orders; Acceptable behaviour contracts
Date
25 June 2008
Reference
478 c330-1W;478 c332-3W; 212836
House
House of Commons
Further to the question from the hon. Member for Mid-Dorset and North Poole (Annette Brooke), the Secretary of State will be aware that the number of ASBOs breached by offenders is now at more than 60 per cent. The new guidelines from the Sentencing Guidelines Council effectively ignore the sentencing terms set by this House and by Parliament. Does the Secretary of State agree that the Government's flagship ASBO policy is in disarray and, in respect of that number, in complete collapse?
Further to the question from the hon. Member for Mid-Dorset and North Poole (Annette Brooke), the Secretary of State will be aware that the number of ASBOs breached by offenders is now at more than 60 per cent. The new guidelines from the Sentencing Guidelines Council effectively ignore the sentencing terms set by this House and by Parliament. Does the Secretary of State agree that the Government's flagship ASBO policy is in disarray and, in respect of that number, in complete collapse?
Asked by
Rob Wilson
(Conservative)
Answering body
Home Office
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
9 June 2008
No, I do not, and nor do the independent National Audit Office, the Audit Commission and others who have looked in detail at the Government's antisocial behaviour policy. Incidentally, they have found, I think, that two thirds of people perpetrating antisocial behaviour stopped it after the first intervention, which could be a warning letter or an acceptable behaviour contract. Almost another third did so after the second intervention, leaving 7 per cent. of persistent offenders, who I believe are a significant problem. That is why I announced further action against them at the beginning of May.
Subjects
Anti-social behaviour; Anti-social behaviour orders; Acceptable behaviour contracts
Date
9 June 2008
Reference
477 c11-2
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent estimate she has made of the breach rate of acceptable behaviour contracts issued to persons under 18 years of age in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent estimate she has made of the breach rate of acceptable behaviour contracts issued to persons under 18 years of age in the latest period for which figures are available.
Asked by
James Brokenshire
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
17 March 2008
For answer on
19 March 2008
Answered on
15 May 2008
Acceptable Behaviour Contracts (ABCs) are voluntary agreements and therefore not suitable for central data collection. A National Audit Office (NAO) report published in December 2006 found ABCs to be highly effective, particularly when agencies provided support to improve the recipient's chances of meeting the conditions.
Subjects
Acceptable behaviour contracts
Date
15 May 2008
Reference
475 c1728W; 195646
House
House of Commons
(2) how many acceptable behaviour contracts have been issued in (a) Barnsley East and Mexborough constituency, (b) Barnsley metropolitan borough and (c) Doncaster metropolitan borough since their inception.
(2) how many acceptable behaviour contracts have been issued in (a) Barnsley East and Mexborough constituency, (b) Barnsley metropolitan borough and (c) Doncaster metropolitan borough since their inception.
Asked by
Jeff Ennis
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
17 March 2008
For answer on
19 March 2008
Answered on
25 March 2008
Antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) became available from 1 April 1999. The number of ASBOs issued to the end of 2005 (latest available) where the prohibitions specify locations within the Barnsley metropolitan borough council and Doncaster metropolitan borough council areas are 74 and 61 respectively. Data collected centrally on ASBOs issued are not available at parliamentary constituency level.Acceptable behaviour contracts (ABCs) are voluntary agreements and therefore not suitable for central data collection. However, surveys carried out by the Home Office of the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) indicated that over 25,000 ABCs have been made in England and Wales since October 2003.
Subjects
South Yorkshire; Acceptable behaviour contracts
Date
25 March 2008
Reference
474 c69W; 195756
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many acceptable behaviour contracts have been issued in (a) Easington constituency and (b) the County of Durham since their introduction; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many acceptable behaviour contracts have been issued in (a) Easington constituency and (b) the County of Durham since their introduction; and if she will make a statement.
Asked by
John Cummings
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
11 March 2008
For answer on
13 March 2008
Answered on
19 March 2008
The information requested is not available.Data on acceptable behaviour contracts (ABCs) are not collected by the Home Office as they are voluntary agreements and therefore not suitable for central data collection. However, surveys carried out by the Home Office of the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) indicated that over 25,000 ABCs have been made since October 2003. The Home Office has issued updated and comprehensive guidance for practitioners on the use of ABCs.
Subjects
County Durham; Acceptable behaviour contracts
Date
19 March 2008
Reference
473 c1249W;473 c1244-5W; 194127
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many acceptable behaviour contracts were issued in each of the last two years; and what proportion have been complied with.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many acceptable behaviour contracts were issued in each of the last two years; and what proportion have been complied with.
Asked by
James Brokenshire
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
6 March 2008
For answer on
10 March 2008
Answered on
18 March 2008
Data on acceptable behaviour contracts (ABCs) are not collected by the Home Office as they are voluntary agreements and therefore not suitable for central data collection. However, surveys carried out by the Home Office of the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) indicated that over 25,000 ABCs have been made since October 2003. The Home Office has issued updated and comprehensive guidance for practitioners on the use of ABCs.A National Audit Office study in December 2006 found that such interventions were highly effective in combating antisocial behaviour."65 per cent. of people stopped behaving antisocially after one intervention;""86 per cent. after two; and""93 per cent. after three."
Subjects
Acceptable behaviour contracts
Date
18 March 2008
Reference
193460; 473 c930-1W;473 c926-7W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) acceptable behaviour orders and (b) parenting orders were issued in (i) Peterborough and (ii) Cambridgeshire in each year since their introduction; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) acceptable behaviour orders and (b) parenting orders were issued in (i) Peterborough and (ii) Cambridgeshire in each year since their introduction; and if she will make a statement.
Asked by
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
25 October 2007
For answer on
30 October 2007
Answered on
30 October 2007
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Subjects
Cambridgeshire; Parenting orders; Acceptable behaviour contracts
Date
30 October 2007
Reference
161785; 465 c1250-1W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) acceptable behaviour contracts and (b) parenting orders were issued in (i) Reading, (ii) Wokingham and (iii) Berkshire in each year since their introduction.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) acceptable behaviour contracts and (b) parenting orders were issued in (i) Reading, (ii) Wokingham and (iii) Berkshire in each year since their introduction.
Asked by
Rob Wilson
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
16 October 2007
For answer on
18 October 2007
Answered on
24 October 2007
Data on acceptable behaviour contracts (ABCs) are not collected by the Home Office as they are voluntary agreements and therefore not suitable for central data collection. However, surveys of crime and disorder reduction partnerships (CDRPs) indicate that over 25,000 ABCs have been made since October 2003. The Home Office recently issued updated and comprehensive guidance for practitioners on the use of ABCs.Parenting orders are a matter for the Ministry of Justice. However I understand that they were piloted between 30 September 1998 and 31 March 2000 but data showing the breakdown by area are not available for that period. Parenting orders were commenced in England and Wales in June 2000. The Youth Justice Board (YJB) has since April 2000 collected the number of parenting orders by youth offending team ("YOT") area, as reported to it by youth offending teams including education-related orders where the YOT has been involved.Until April 2007, one YOT covered Reading and Wokingham. Four other YOTs cover the rest of Berkshire. Since September 2004, the Department for Children, Schools and Families has collected data on the number of parenting orders in England related to non-attendance of children at school and exclusion from school at local authority level.Four parenting orders were made in Berkshire following truancy prosecution between 1 September 2004 and 13 April 2007: two in Reading between 2 September and 31 December 2006; one in West Berkshire between 22 April and 1 September 2006 and one between 2 September and 31 December 2006.Between 1 September 2004 and 13 April 2007 Berkshire local authorities did not report any applications to the courts for parenting orders in the case of exclusions.The number of parenting orders relating to crime or antisocial behaviour from April 2000 until March 2007 reported to the YJB by the YOTs in Berkshire are shown in the attached table.
| Table A: Parenting orders related to youth offending or anti-social behaviour reported by Berkshire YOTs | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | |
| Bracknell Forest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reading and Wokingham | 7 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Slough | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| West Berkshire | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 |
Subjects
Berkshire; Parenting orders; Acceptable behaviour contracts
Date
24 October 2007
Reference
159510; 465 c337-8W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) acceptable behaviour contracts and (b) parenting orders have been issued in Cambridgeshire in each year since their introduction.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) acceptable behaviour contracts and (b) parenting orders have been issued in Cambridgeshire in each year since their introduction.
Asked by
James Paice
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
11 October 2007
For answer on
15 October 2007
Answered on
22 October 2007
Data on acceptable behaviour contracts (ABCs) are not collected by the Home Office as they are voluntary agreements and therefore not suitable for central data collection. However, surveys of Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) indicate that over 25,000 ABCs have been made since October 2003. The Home Office recently issued updated and comprehensive guidance for practitioners on the use of ABCs.Parenting orders are a matter for the Ministry of Justice. However I understand that they were piloted between 30 September 1998 and 31 March 2000 but data showing the breakdown by area are not available for that period. Parenting orders were commenced in England and Wales in June 2000. The Youth Justice Board (YJB) has since April 2000 collected the number of parenting orders by youth offending team (““YOT””) area, as reported to it by youth offending teams including education-related orders where the YOT has been involved.Since September 2004, the Department for Children, Schools and Families has collected data on the number of parenting orders in England related to non-attendance of children at school and exclusion from school at local authority level.Breakdown of the number of parenting orders issued in Cambridgeshire since their introduction is given in the table.
| Table A: Parenting orders related to youth offending or anti-social behaviour and non attendance reported by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough YOTs: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridgeshire YOT | Peterborough YOT | ||||
| Youth offending or anti-social behaviour | Non attendance where YOT involved | Youth offending or anti-social behaviour | Non attendance where YOT involved | Total | |
| 2000-01 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2001-02 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 22 |
| 2002-03 | 4 | 0 | 13 | o | 17 |
| 2003-04 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| 2004-05 | 2 | ¹— | 23 | ¹— | 25 |
| 2005-06 | 13 | ¹— | 22 | ¹— | 35 |
| 2006-07 | 8 | ¹— | 23 | ¹— | 31 |
| ¹ See table B. |
| Table B: Parenting orders made following truancy prosecution between 1 September 2004 and 13 April 2007 | |
|---|---|
| School year | Parenting orders for truancy |
| 2004-05 | 2 |
| 2005-06 | 0 |
| 2006-07 | 0 |
Subjects
Cambridgeshire; Parenting orders; Acceptable behaviour contracts
Date
22 October 2007
Reference
158542; 465 c125-6W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many acceptable behaviour contracts were (a) made and (b) breached in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many acceptable behaviour contracts were (a) made and (b) breached in each of the last five years.
Asked by
David Evennett
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
9 October 2007
For answer on
11 October 2007
Answered on
15 October 2007
Data on acceptable behaviour contracts (ABCs) are not collected by the Home Office as they are voluntary agreements and therefore not suitable for central data collection. However, surveys carried out by the Respect Task Force of the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) indicated that over 25,000 ABCs have been made since October 2003. The Home Office recently issued updated and comprehensive guidance for practitioners on the use of ABCs.
Subjects
Acceptable behaviour contracts
Date
15 October 2007
Reference
157381; 464 c785W
House
House of Commons
None. There is no such proposal.
None. There is no such proposal.
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Asked by
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
(Conservative)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
What representations he has received on plans to issue acceptable behaviour orders to first time offenders convicted of burglary.
Subjects
Crime; Burglary; Punishment; First offenders; Acceptable behaviour contracts
Date
11 June 2007
Reference
461 c509
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Before 2003, there was no such thing as a drug intervention programme. Furthermore, the £149 million that I believe we are spending on drug intervention programmes means that, for the first time, people arrested for drug-related offences now have an intervention programme that not only treats their drug-related addiction, but punishes them for the criminal activity that they have undertaken.
Before 2003, there was no such thing as a drug intervention programme. Furthermore, the £149 million that I believe we are spending on drug intervention programmes means that, for the first time, people arrested for drug-related offences now have an intervention programme that not only treats their drug-related addiction, but punishes them for the criminal activity that they have undertaken.
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Benyon
(Conservative)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Acceptable behaviour orders may or may not be effective against some burglars, but what is beyond doubt is that many burglaries and other crimes are drug related. The Home Office has rightly taken up concerns about rising crime rates in my area, but at the same time has cut funding to the drug intervention programme by 11.5 per cent. in this financial year—with very little warning to the drug action team or other local drug and alcohol advisory teams. Is that not a bad example of joined-up government?
Subjects
Crime; Burglary; Punishment; First offenders; Acceptable behaviour contracts
Date
11 June 2007
Reference
461 c509
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
A knives amnesty is obviously a matter for local police forces, but we are prepared to consider any representations that we receive with respect to that or any other matter, including antisocial behaviour orders.
A knives amnesty is obviously a matter for local police forces, but we are prepared to consider any representations that we receive with respect to that or any other matter, including antisocial behaviour orders.
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Asked by
Jim Cunningham
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
In relation to antisocial behaviour, will my hon. Friend consider having discussions with police forces up and down the country with a view to introducing a knives amnesty? Some years ago, the Coventry Evening Telegraph, together with the police, introduced a voluntary amnesty, which was very successful.
Subjects
Crime; Burglary; Punishment; First offenders; Acceptable behaviour contracts
Date
11 June 2007
Reference
461 c509
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
The hon. Lady makes a reasonable point, but it is precisely the Government’s position that we expect people caught and charged with burglary to be put before the courts. That is what we expect. We do not expect behavioural interventions to happen for burglary, though it may be that, on conviction, a criminal sentence is given by the court, with an antisocial behaviour order applied as well as the criminal sentence. Intervention before, however, is not appropriate. As far as the Home Office is concerned, we believe that any burglar should be arrested, charged and put before the courts.
The hon. Lady makes a reasonable point, but it is precisely the Government’s position that we expect people caught and charged with burglary to be put before the courts. That is what we expect. We do not expect behavioural interventions to happen for burglary, though it may be that, on conviction, a criminal sentence is given by the court, with an antisocial behaviour order applied as well as the criminal sentence. Intervention before, however, is not appropriate. As far as the Home Office is concerned, we believe that any burglar should be arrested, charged and put before the courts.
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Asked by
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
(Conservative)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Will the Minister therefore account for the fact that there have been very credible newspaper reports that the Government are planning to introduce antisocial behaviour orders or acceptable behaviour contracts for first-time offenders of burglary? Will the Government now take this opportunity to restore the balance in favour of the victims of burglary, such as the mother of my hon. Friend the Member for Southend, West (Mr. Amess), because the law has moved too far in favour of the offender rather than the victim?
Subjects
Crime; Burglary; Punishment; First offenders; Acceptable behaviour contracts
Date
11 June 2007
Reference
461 c509
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Acceptable behaviour orders may or may not be effective against some burglars, but what is beyond doubt is that many burglaries and other crimes are drug related. The Home Office has rightly taken up concerns about rising crime rates in my area, but at the same time has cut funding to the drug intervention programme by 11.5 per cent. in this financial year—with very little warning to the drug action team or other local drug and alcohol advisory teams. Is that not a bad example of joined-up government?
Acceptable behaviour orders may or may not be effective against some burglars, but what is beyond doubt is that many burglaries and other crimes are drug related. The Home Office has rightly taken up concerns about rising crime rates in my area, but at the same time has cut funding to the drug intervention programme by 11.5 per cent. in this financial year—with very little warning to the drug action team or other local drug and alcohol advisory teams. Is that not a bad example of joined-up government?
Asked by
Lord Benyon
(Conservative)
Answering body
Home Office
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
11 June 2007
Before 2003, there was no such thing as a drug intervention programme. Furthermore, the £149 million that I believe we are spending on drug intervention programmes means that, for the first time, people arrested for drug-related offences now have an intervention programme that not only treats their drug-related addiction, but punishes them for the criminal activity that they have undertaken.
Subjects
Crime; Finance; Drugs; Drug interventions programme; First offenders; Acceptable behaviour contracts; Burglary; Punishment
Date
11 June 2007
Reference
461 c509
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons