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Foreign Nationals

Mr. Simmonds: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign nationals entered the UK in each year since 1997. [157583]

Beverley Hughes: The latest available information is given in the table.

Passengers given leave to enter the United Kingdom, excluding EEA nationals: 1997–2002

Number of journeys(13) (million)
199710.9
199811.5
199912.0
2000(14)13.0
2001(14)12.8
200212.6

(13) Includes people granted leave to enter the UK in the year shown but who may have been temporarily admitted in previous years.

(14) A change in procedures may have resulted in some under-recording for the fourth quarter of 2000 and the first quarter of 2001.


Data on passengers given leave to enter the United Kingdom are published in the Command Paper "Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom 2002" (Cm6053), obtainable from the House Library, the Stationery Office and via the Home Office website http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/hobpubs1.html.

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Anti-Social Behaviour Orders

Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Anti-Social Behaviour Orders have been issued, broken down by (a) region of offender and (b) age of offender since their inception; and how many of these offenders have since been sentenced to custody. [158842]

Ms Blears: Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) were introduced from 1 April 1999 on application to the magistrates court acting in its civil capacity. The Police Reform Act (2002) authorised the magistrates courts and the Crown court to issue ASBOs on conviction, and the county courts (from 1 April 2003), to issue ASBOs on application. Data are given in table A of numbers of ASBOs issued, at all courts, as reported to the Home Office, by court type, area and age, up to 30 September 2003 (latest available).

In table B data are given, by age group and area, from 1 June 2000 up to 31 December 2002 (latest available) on breaches of ASBOs resulting in a custodial sentence.

Table A: Number of anti-social behaviour orders issued at all courts, as reported to the Home Office, from 1 April 1999 to 30 September 2003, by court type, age and area: England and Wales

Age
MCC/Police force areaTotal issued10–1718 and overUnknown(15)
Magistrates Court
Avon and Somerset45151911
Bedfordshire165101
Cambridgeshire221345
Cheshire331419
Cleveland231841
Cumbria2810171
Derbyshire216123
Devon and Cornwall187101
Dorset55
Durham281513
Essex431
Gloucestershire963
GLMCA/Metropolitan Police(16)113375620
Greater Manchester2401616613
Hampshire3720161
Hertfordshire261682
Humberside196112
Kent422517
Lancashire5639116
Leicestershire7511
Lincolnshire743
Merseyside6637218
Norfolk3011712
Northamptonshire981
Northumbria5322238
North Yorkshire13634
Nottinghamshire2611141
South Yorkshire4419223
Staffordshire3820171
Suffolk2714103
Surrey10631
Sussex3923124
Thames Valley21786
Warwickshire25169
West Mercia10045505
West Midlands154547426
West Yorkshire8255234
Wiltshire321
England1,539786599154
Dyfed Powys1111
Gwent853
North Wales15105
South Wales251213
Wales5927320
England and Wales MCC/ PFA1,598813631154
County Court Group
County Court
London11
Merseyside11
England and Wales County Court Group22
Crown Court Circuit
Crown Court
Midland422
Northern514
North Eastern33
South Eastern11
South Eastern Provincial22
Western725
Wales and Chester11
England and Wales CC Circuits23518
Total all courts England and Wales1,623818651154

(15) From 1 April 1999 to 31 May 2000 data collected by police force area on numbers issued only.

(16) Including City of London.


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Table B: Number of breaches(17) of an anti-social behaviour order reported to the Home office from 1 June 2000 to 31 December 2002—England and Wales

ASBOs issuedASBOs breached
AgeAge
MCC/Police force areaTotal10–1718 and overUnknownTotal10–1718 and overUnknown
Avon and Somerset251013274(18)3
Bedfordshire8251633
Cambridgeshire53222
Cheshire1688752
Cleveland13121761
Cumbria15410122
Derbyshire15510936
Devon and Cornwall1156413
Dorset4411
Durham211291697
Essex2211
Gloucestershire53211
GLMCA/Metropolitan Police(19)51231810178(18)9
Greater Manchester104732833024(18)6
Hampshire1510533
Hertfordshire16105151(18)4
Humberside16682541
Kent36211533
Lancashire231761055
Leicestershire54133
Lincolnshire3211(18)1
Merseyside32239633
Norfolk1976683(18)5
Northamptonshire98111
Northumbria301713114(18)7
North Yorkshire74362(18)4
Nottinghamshire16511826
South Yorkshire24131185(18)3
Staffordshire2210111624
Suffolk98111
Surrey64113(18)3
Sussex231571541
Thames Valley1445522
Warwickshire18126844
West Mercia7534412512(18)13
West Midlands93423615422517
West Yorkshire292181394
Wiltshire1111
England83646432349294164130
Dyfed Powys
Gwent4433
North Wales853523
South Wales716312
Wales1910901165
Total England and Wales85547433249305170135

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Custodial sentence given(20)
Age
MCC/Police force areaTotal10–1718 and overUnknown
Avon and Somerset41(18)3
Bedfordshire22
Cambridgeshire11
Cheshire541
Cleveland11
Cumbria22
Derbyshire422
Devon and Cornwall211
Dorset
Durham103(18)7
Essex11
Gloucestershire11
GLMCA/Metropolitan Police(19)113(18)8
Greater Manchester2116(18)5
Hampshire11
Hertfordshire22
Humberside22
Kent
Lancashire523
Leicestershire11
Lincolnshire
Merseyside633
Norfolk11
Northamptonshire11
Northumbria33
North Yorkshire11
Nottinghamshire413
South Yorkshire33
Staffordshire413
Suffolk
Surrey1(18)1
Sussex11
Thames Valley
Warwickshire11
West Mercia16610
West Midlands251213
West Yorkshire63(18)3
Wiltshire
England14969800
Dyfed Powys0
Gwent11
North Wales11
South Wales11
Wales3210
Total England and Wales15271810

(17) Breaches are counted in this table on a persons basis, i.e. multiple breaches (occurring at the same time), or where the order has been breached on more than one occasion, are all counted as one breach.

(18) Includes breaches where the ASBO recipient was a juvenile when the order was given.

(19) Including City of London.

(20) Excluding two persons given a fully suspended sentence and five cases where a sentence of one day in police cells was given.


John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the use of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders as a means of fighting prostitution. [159458]

Caroline Flint: Anti-Social Behaviour Orders have been used in several parts of England and Wales to tackle the anti-social behaviour resulting from prostitution. They are only one of the tools available to tackle anti-social behaviour, and anecdotal evidence suggests that they are more effective in dealing with the anti-social effects of prostitution when used together with support to help sex workers exit prostitution. Work is currently under way to scope the issues around prostitution and this will consider the effectiveness of all means of dealing with prostitution.

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John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of those applying for Anti-Social Behaviour Orders in the past year have been registered social landlords. [159459]

Ms Blears: The Police Reform Act (December 2002) empowered registered social landlords to apply for Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) directly. Data are collected on the type of applicant only on those orders issued in the magistrates court, acting in its civil capacity, and within the county courts. Orders can also be made following conviction of an offence in the criminal courts—there is no applicant for these orders.

From 1 December 2002 up to 30 September 2003 (latest available), 13 of the 715 applications for ASBOs, as reported to the Home Office, have been made by registered social landlords. All were issued.

John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Anti-Social Behaviour Orders have been issued to those under the age of 18 in the past year. [159462]

Ms Blears: Information is given in the following table.

Number of anti-social behaviour orders issued, at all courts, by age and period, as reported to the Home Office, from 1 January 2002 to 30 September 2003 (latest available) England and Wales

Age1 January 2002 to 30 November 20021 December 2002(21) to 30 September 2003
10–17205371
18 and over130334
Unknown231
Total358706

(21) Following introduction of the Police Reform Act (December 2002) data for December 2002 have been included in the first quarter 2003.


John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been prosecuted for breach of an Anti-Social Behaviour Order in the last 12 months for which figures are available. [159679]

Ms Blears: The available information relating to breaches of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs), within England and Wales, covers the period 1 June 2000 to 31 December 2002. Of the total number of 329 persons prosecuted for breach of an ASBO during this period, 305 persons were found guilty.

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Anti-Social Behaviour Orders have been issued by (a) Merseyside Police and (b) local authorities in Merseyside in each of the last five years. [159596]

Ms Blears: Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) were introduced from 1 April 1999 on application, by the Police or Local Authority, to the magistrates' court acting in its civil capacity. The Police Reform Act (2002) authorised the magistrates' courts and the Crown Court to issue ASBOs on conviction, and the county courts (from 1 April 2003), to issue ASBOs on application. Data are given in the table of numbers of ASBOs issued, at all courts, within Merseyside, up to 30 September 2003 (latest available).

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Data are collected on the type of applicant on those orders only issued in the magistrates court, acting in its civil capacity, and within the county courts. Orders can also be made following conviction of an offence in the

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criminal courts—there is no applicant for these orders. Where applicable, data on the type of applicant are given in the table.

Number of ASBOs, issued within Merseyside, at all courts, by period and applicant, 1 April 1999 to 30 September 2003

Applications byIssued where the applicant was
PeriodPoliceLocal authorityCounty courtsTotalPoliceLocal authorityCounty courtsTotalIssued on conviction
1 April 1999 to 31 May 2000(22)(23)(23)(24)12(23)(23)(24)8(24)
1 June 2000 to 31 December 200021(24)321(24)3(24)
1 January 2001 to 31 December 200107(24)707(24)7(24)
1 January 2002 to 30 November 2002022(24)22022(24)22(24)
1 December 2002 to 30 September 2003423(24)274221270
Total453(23)716521670

(22) From 1 April 1999 to 31 May 2000 data was collected by police force area only on numbers issued or refused.

(23) Not available.

(24) Not applicable.



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