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Westminster Primary Care Trust: General Practitioners
Andrew Mackinlay:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether there are any closed-list GP practices within Westminster Primary Care Trust. [198169]
Mr. Bradshaw:
Data about general practitioner (GP) practices that have lists closed for the registration of new patients are collected quarterly through the Primary Care Access Survey, and the latest available data are for November 2007 to January 2008. For Westminster Primary Care Trust (PCT), these data showed two practices with closed lists, which is 4 per cent. of the PCTs GP practices. In England, 2 per cent. of GP practices reported that they were operating closed lists.
Justice
Antisocial Behaviour: Essex
Mr. Amess:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) cautions and (b) fines were imposed for (i) vandalism, (ii) graffiti, (iii) litter and (iv) anti-social behaviour in each district and unitary council area in Essex in each of the last eight quarters for which records are available. [194199]
Maria Eagle:
The number of persons given cautions, and those found guilty who were given fines for vandalism, graffiti, litter and antisocial behaviour in Essex for the years 2005 and 2006 can be viewed in tables 1 and 2.
Apart from criminal damage (which includes minor acts of vandalism and graffiti among other things) and littering, penalty notices for disorder (PNDs) can be issued for a range of offences that might be characterised as antisocial behaviour including behaviour likely to cause fear, alarm and distress (section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986). The total number of PNDs issued in Essex in 2005 and 2006 is 4,454 (for 2005) and 4,461 (in 2006) a breakdown of those issued by offence is provided in table 3.
Information held by the Ministry of Justice cannot identify the district or unitary council area these offences were committed in.
Court proceedings data for 2007 will be available in the autumn of 2008. Fixed Penalty Notices can be issued by local authorities for graffiti and littering offences. These data are collected annually by the Department for the Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs. There were no fixed penalty notices issued for graffiti offences in Essex between April 2005 and March 2007. Information on fixed penalty notices issued for littering offences in each local authority in Essex are contained in table 4.
Full data, including for other offences related to antisocial activity such as fly-posting and certain noise and waste-related offences, are published on-line at:
| Number of offenders cautioned for antisocial behaviour offences for which a PND may be issued in Essex police force area, by Qtr , for the years 2005 and 2006( 1, 2, 3) |
| | | 2005 | 2006 |
| Statute | Offence description | Qtr 1 | Qtr 2 | Qtr 3 | Qtr 4 | Qtr 1 | Qtr 2 | Qtr 3 | Qtr 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | |
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Theft Act 1968 Sec 1
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Stealing from shops and stalls (shoplifting(4))
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243
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283
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373
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378
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447
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488
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485
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649
|
|
Various
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Other criminal damage(5)
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1
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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Explosives Act 1875, Sec 80
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Throwing, casting or throwing any fireworks in or into any highway, street, etc public place.
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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Public Order Act 1986 Sec 5.
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Harassment, alarm or distress.
|
33
|
56
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50
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52
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70
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78
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8
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11
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Police Reform Act 2002 Sch.-4 Para. 5 (Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 S 12).
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Contravene a community support officers' requirement not to consume liquor. Penalty offence under S.I Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 -alcohol consumption in designated public places.
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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Criminal Justice Act 1967 Sec. 91.
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Any person who in any public place is guilty, while drunk, of disorderly behaviour.
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5
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1
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3
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1
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2
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4
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—
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—
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Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983 Schedule (Sec 3) para 4(1). Licensing Act 1964 Sec 169(1).
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Holder or occasional permission of the agent knowingly selling to, knowingly allow consumption by or allowing any person to sell, intoxicating liquor to a person under 18. Selling etc intoxicating liquor to person under 18 for consumption on the premises.
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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Fire Services Act 1947 Sec 31.
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False alarms of fire.
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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Environmental Protection Act 1990 Sec. 87.
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Depositing litter.
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1
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
|
|
British Transport Commission Act 1949 S.55,56. Railway Offences: Offences against Private Acts relating to Railways (other than 169,1-6).
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Trespass, throwing stones.
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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Criminal Law Act 1967 Sec 5(2).
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Causing wasteful employment of the police etc.
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1
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1
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1
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2
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2
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1
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—
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—
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Communications Act 2003 S.127
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Improper use of public electronic communications network
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1
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—
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—
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2
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—
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—
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—
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—
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| | |
285
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341
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427
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435
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522
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571
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493
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660
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(1) Cautions data are provided on the principal offence basis, PND data are a count of PNDs issued. (2) 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 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. (3) Table covers all PND offences as outlined in table 3, although where no cautions were issued for an offence figures have been omitted from the table. 4 A PND may be issued to an offenders an alternative to a caution or prosecution only where the value of the item stolen is less than £200. (5) Includes offences of vandalism and graffiti but is not exclusive to those offences. Source: Court proceedings database—Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice.
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| Number of defendants found guilty at all courts for which a fine may be issued for antisocial behaviour offences in Essex police force area, by Qtr , for the years 2005 and 2006( 1, 2,) |
| | | 2005 | 2006 |
| Statute | Offence description | Qtr 1 | Qtr 2 | Qtr 3 | Qtr 4 | Qtr 1 | Qtr 2 | Qtr 3 | Qtr 4 |
|
Theft Act 1968 Sec 1
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Stealing from shops and stalls (shoplifting)
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88
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91
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100
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91
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77
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90
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89
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84
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|
Various
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Other criminal damage(3)
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—
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—
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—
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—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Explosives Act 1875, Sec 80
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Throwing, casting or throwing any fireworks in or into any highway, street, etc public place.
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
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Public Order Act 1986 Sec 5.
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Harassment, alarm or distress.
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77
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73
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85
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61
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70
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77
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84
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88
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Police Reform Act 2002 Sch.-4 Para. 5 (Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 S 12).
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Contravene a community support officers' requirement not to consume liquor. Penalty offence under S.I Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 -alcohol consumption in designated public places.
|
—
|
—
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2
|
1
|
3
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1
|
2
|
—
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Criminal Justice Act 1967 Sec. 91.
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Any person who in any public place is guilty, while drunk, of disorderly behaviour.
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33
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28
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28
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42
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44
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49
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60
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39
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Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983 Schedule (Sec 3) para 4(1). Licensing Act 1964 Sec 169(1).
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Holder or occasional permission of the agent knowingly selling to, knowingly allow consumption by or allowing any person to sell, intoxicating liquor to a person under 18. Selling etc intoxicating liquor to person under 18 for consumption on the premises.
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2
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1
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1
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3
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6
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2
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—
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—
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Fire Services Act 1947 Sec 31.
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False alarms of fire.
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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Environmental Protection Act 1990 Sec. 87.
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Depositing litter.
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7
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3
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4
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2
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1
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4
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2
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4
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British Transport Commission Act 1949 S.55,56. Railway Offences: Offences against Private Acts relating to Railways (other than 169,1-6).
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Trespass, throwing stones.
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3
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—
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—
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1
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1
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5
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3
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3
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Criminal Law Act 1967 Sec 5(2).
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Causing wasteful employment of the police etc.
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—
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—
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—
|
—
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—
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—
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2
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—
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Communications Act 2003 S.127
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Improper use of public electronic communications network
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—
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—
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1
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1
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2
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—
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—
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1
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210
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196
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221
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202
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204
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228
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242
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219
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(1) These data are on the principal offence basis. (2) 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, police forces, and other agencies. 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. (3 )Includes offences of vandalism and graffiti but is not exclusive to those offences. Source: Court proceedings database—Office for Criminal justice Reform, Ministry of Justice.
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