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Air Miles
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many free air miles have been earned by senior civil servants in his Department in each of the last three years; and how they were used. [72881]
Mr. Byrne: The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Senior civil servants travel is conducted in accordance with the Home Office guidance which makes clear that Air Miles should be used only for official purposes or else foregone. However, if it is impracticable to use the benefits for Government travel, there is no objection to senior civil servants donating them to charity if this is permissible under the terms of the airline's scheme and the charity is one chosen by the airline.
Actual Bodily Harm
Mr. Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many cases of actual bodily harm were police cautions imposed in each of the last five years; and what proportion of such cases were first offences. [82525]
Mr. McNulty: Data on the number of people cautioned for offences relating to actual bodily harm (which covers minor injuries such as grazes, scratches and minor bruising), in England and Wales from 2000 to 2004, can be found in the following table. Information on whether or not such cases were first offences is not held centrally.
Alcohol Misuse Enforcement Campaign
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Alcohol Misuse Enforcement Campaign; and if he will make a statement. [88649]
Mr. McNulty: The fourth national Alcohol Misuse Enforcement Campaign (AMEC 4) ran from 8 May to 8 June. The results from this campaign will be released shortly. Previous AMECs have been shown to be very effective in dealing with alcohol-fuelled crime and disorder, including town-centre violence and under-age sales of alcohol. Early indications are that AMEC4 saw the highest-yet level of activity by the police and trading standards officers. One of the purposes of AMEC4 was to set the tone of acceptable behaviour during the World Cup competition, and the relatively low level of disorder seen during the competition is testimony to its effectiveness.
Antisocial Behaviour
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times (a) antisocial behaviour orders, (b) acceptable behaviour contracts, (c) warnings, (d) individual support plans, (e) action plan orders, (f) child safety orders, (g) referral orders, (h) parenting orders, (i) parenting contracts, (j) local child curfew schemes, (k) dispersal powers, (l) fixed penalty notices for disorderly behaviour, (m) detention and training orders, (n) seizure of vehicles used antisocially, (o) closure of licensed premises, (p) confiscation of alcohol from young people and (q) designated public places orders have been used in (i) each local authority and (ii) each police authority, broken down by basic command unit, in each region of England and Wales in each year since the introduction of the powers. [83766]
Mr. McNulty: Figures reported to the Home Office on (a) antisocial behaviour orders, (b) acceptable behaviour contracts, (c) final warnings, (d) individual support plans, (e) action plan orders, (f) child safety orders, (g) referral orders, (h) parenting orders, (i) parenting contracts, (j) local child curfew schemes, (k) dispersal powers, (l) fixed penalty notices for disorderly behaviour, (m) detention and training orders, and (q) designated public places orders by individual petty sessional area or police authority basic command unit are small and their accuracy cannot be guaranteed. However, information is available, either for England and Wales or at a local level or can be found on the web, as follows:
(a) Antisocial behaviour orders. A table giving a breakdown by the criminal justice system area and local government authority area in which prohibitions are imposed within antisocial behaviour orders is available on the Crime Reduction website at:http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk/asbos2(1a)sept05.xls. This table gives data by year since ASBOs were introduced up to 30 September 2005 (latest available).
(b) Acceptable behaviour contracts. The data is not available in the form requested. However, for the last two years the Home Office Anti-social Behaviour Unit has carried out a survey of Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships in England and Community safety Partnerships in Wales asking about their actions taken to tackle antisocial behaviour. From those who responded to the surveys the results are as follows:
| Acceptable behaviour contracts | |
| Number | |
(c) Final warnings. Data on the number of final warnings given to juveniles is in Criminal statistics, Table 3B and available via the following web link: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/crimstats04.html.
(d) Individual support plans. Data on individual support plans are not collected centrally, but seven individual support orders were made at magistrates courts, as reported to the Home Office by the Court Service, from 1 April 2004 to 31 December 2004 and 24 from January 2005 to 30 September 2005 (latest available).
(e),
(g) and (m) Action plan orders, referral orders and
detention and training orders. Tables S3.2A and S3.4A of Volume three
of the Criminal Statistics Supplementary Tables show for magistrates
courts and the Crown court respectively, the number of persons
sentenced for indictable offences to action plan orders, referral
orders and detention and training orders by
police force area. These can be found on the Home Office website at:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs05/cs2004vol3pt2.xls and
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs05/cs2004vol3pt4.xls.
(f) Child safety orders. Two child safety orders were made during piloting in 1999 and two more were reported during 2003. New arrangements for the collection of historic and ongoing statistics about child safety orders are being considered in conjunction with the Department for Constitutional Affairs.
(h) Parenting orders. Parenting orders were piloted between 30 Sept 1998 and 31 March 2000 during which period 284 parenting orders were made of which 174 were made during criminal proceedings for offences committed by the child or young person but data showing the breakdown by area is not available. Parenting orders were commenced in England and Wales in June 2000. The Youth Justice Board (the YJB) collects the number of parenting orders by youth offending team area as reported to it by youth offending teams. (Table 1) which highlights the number of parenting orders made in England and Wales April 2000-March 2004 will be placed in the Library.
(i) Parenting contracts. The YJB collects the number of parenting contracts related to youth offending or anti-social behaviour by youth offending team area as reported to it by youth offending teams. Table 2 which highlights the number of Parenting Contracts made in England and Wales April 2000-March 2004 will be placed in the Library.
(j) Local child curfew schemes. No applications have been made to the Home Secretary for the approval of local child curfew schemes.
(k) Dispersal orders. Information about the use of dispersal powers can be found in the document “Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour; The Story So Far and The Move to Respect” on the Respect website at: http://www.respect.gov.uk/whats-being-done/Respect_Tackling_anti-social_behaviour_the_story_so_far_and_the_move_to_Respect.pdf
(l) Penalty notices for disorder. Data on the number of Penalty Notices for Disorder issued in 2004 broken down by police force area can be found at the following web link: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/spnd.html.
(q) Designated public place orders. Information on the number of designated public places orders that have been introduced in each local authority area can be found at the following web link: www.crimereduction.gov.uk/alcoholorders01.htm.
We have started a programme of work in the Home Office looking at the quality of existing data and how this might be improved.
Statistics on (n) seizure of vehicles used anti-socially, (o) closure of licensed premises and (p) confiscation of alcohol from young people are not collected by the Home Office.
Note: Although care is taken in collating and analysing the returns used to compile these figures, the data are of necessity subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. These data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts, police forces and other organisations. 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.
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what advice is given to the national probation service on requests by accredited media for the release of visual images of those on whom an antisocial behaviour order is served; and if he will make a statement. [55614]
Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 6 March 2006]: A key part of each crime and disorder reduction partnership’s (CDRP) antisocial behaviour strategy is promoting the community’s awareness of actions taken to tackle specific problems. This includes ensuring that victims, witnesses and the community are aware of any ASBOs in force in their area. Publicity also helps the community to police such orders, acts as a deterrent to other potential offenders, and increases public confidence that local agencies are able to deal effectively with this type of problem. Publicity has to be proportionate to the achievement of these objectives, and is therefore the norm, not the exception.
CDRPs have access to guidance about ASBO publicity on the www.together website, which reflects the judgment given in R (on application of Stanley, Marshall and Kelly) v. Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis and chief executive of London borough of Brent (2004) EWHC 2229 (admin), commonly referred to as Stanley v. Brent.
Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 19 July 2006, Official Report, column 537W, on antisocial behaviour orders, how many antisocial behaviour orders have been breached in each criminal justice area in each year since their introduction. [88391]
John Reid: Antisocial behaviour orders (ASBO) breach data are currently available for the period 1 June 2000 to 31 December 2003. Available information by Criminal Justice System (CJS) area is given in the following table. More up to date data are being validated before publication and will be published in due course.
Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many antisocial behaviour orders have been issued by Kirklees council in each year since their introduction. [88636]
Mr. McNulty: Antisocial behaviour orders are issued by the courts. Relevant authorities may apply for an order to be issued at the magistrates court, acting in its civil capacity, or the county court, where there are existing proceedings. The available information is given in the table.
| Number of ASBOs issued at all courts, as reported to the Home Office by the Court Service, where prohibitions have been imposed in Kirklees metropolitan council local government authority area, by applicant, where applicable( 1) , and period, from 1 June 2000( 2 ) up to 30 September 2005 (latest available) | ||||
| Kirklees metropolitan council | West Yorkshire police | Order on conviction( 3) | Total | |
| (1)
Applicant details are collected on those orders issued in the civil
courts on application. (2) From commencement (1
April 1999) to 31 May 2000 data were collected on aggregate numbers
only by police force area. (3) Following
introduction of the Police Reform Act (2002) ASBOs are available to the
courts following conviction of a criminal offence.
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. 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. | ||||
Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many antisocial behaviour orders have been issued since their introduction; how many have been breached; and how many breaches have resulted in a custodial sentence. [88718]
Mr. McNulty: From commencement, 1 April 1999 to 30 September 2005 (latest available) the number of antisocial behavior orders (ASBOs) issued within England and Wales was 7,356.
ASBO breach data only ever cover breach proceedings where there has been a conviction. Those data are currently available for the period one June 2000 to 31 December 2003 for ASBOs issued since 1 June 2000. During this period, of the 793 persons convicted for breaching their ASBO, on one or more occasions, 186 received a custodial sentence for breach of ASBO only.
More up to date breach data are being validated before publication and will be published in due course.
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