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| Table 2: Number of Penalty Notices for Disorder (PNDs) issued for sale of alcohol to a drunken person under section 141 of the 2003 Licensing Act, England and Wales, broken down by police force area, 2007( 1,2) | |
| Force | PNDs issued |
| (1) 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 police. 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. (2) Only police force areas (PFAs) with data have been included in the table—if a PFA has not been included assume nil data. Source: E and A Unit—Office for Criminal Justice Reform | |
Alcoholic Drinks: Public Places
Mr. Grieve:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer to the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden of 20 March 2008, Official Report, column 1275W, on alcoholic drinks: enforcement, how many people were (a) prosecuted, (b) convicted and (c) given a level two fine for the offence of failing to comply with a requirement by a
constable regarding the consumption of alcohol in a designated public place in 2007. [244968]
Jacqui Smith [holding answer 18 December 2008]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 16 December 2008, Official Report, columns 713-14W.
Alcoholic Drinks: Young People
Mr. Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer of 19 June 2008, Official Report, column 1047W, on alcohol: young people, if she will provide figures for 2007 on (a) prosecutions, (b) convictions and (c) penalty notices for disorder issued. [244775]
Jacqui Smith: Information on the number of persons who were proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for offences relating to purchase of alcohol by a person aged under 18 years in England and Wales in 2007 can be viewed in the following table.
In addition there were 158 Penalty Notices for Disorder issued to youths aged 16 to 17 for the offence of “Buying or attempting to buy alcohol by a person under 18” (section 149(1), Licensing Act 2003 (c.17) for 2007 in England and Wales. The offence was added to the Scheme in April 2004 and attracts a penalty of £50.
| The number of persons who were proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for offences relating to purchase of alcohol by a person aged under 18 years in England and Wales, 2007( 1,2,3) | ||
| Proceeded against | Found guilty | |
| (1) Data are on the principal offence basis. (2) Data include the following statutes and corresponding offence descriptions : Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983 Schedule (Sec 3) para 4(2). Licensing Act 1964 Sec 169(2). Person under 18 buying or attempting to buy or consuming intoxicating liquor. Person under 18 buying or consuming intoxicating liquor in Licensed premises. Licensing Act 2003 S. 149(l)(7a) Purchase of alcohol by an individual under 18. (3) 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, other agencies, 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: Court proceedings data held by Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Evidence and Analysis Unit | ||
Asylum: Expenditure
Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent on the (a) assisted voluntary returns and (b) enforced returns of unsuccessful asylum seekers in each of the last five years; and how many were returned under each system. [242776]
Jacqui Smith [holding answer 16 December 2008]: The information is as follows.
| Asylum based assisted voluntary returns (AVR) | ||
| AVR spend (£) | Number returning under AVR | |
| (1) Assisted voluntary returns figures were not published in 2003. Notes: 1. Financial spend figures for AVR Programme year 2008-09 are not yet available as the programme is still currently operating. 2. Financial spend figures for AVR programme years 2006-07 and 2007-08 are still subject to audit and are therefore subject to change and should be treated as provisional 3. Asylum based returns under assisted voluntary return programmes (run by the International Organization for Migration) may include some cases leaving under the Assisted Voluntary Return for Irregular Migrants Programme and some cases where enforcement action has been initiated. 4. Asylum based AVR returns figures for 2007 should be treated as provisional. | ||
A breakdown of the spend on enforced returns of unsuccessful asylum seekers in each of the last five years is not available. The National Audit Office (NAO) give a breakdown of what it costs to enforce the removal of a failed asylum seeker in Appendix 2 of their Report “Returning Failed Asylum applicants”. In this they estimate the average cost of an enforced removal as being £11,000.
Published statistics on immigration and asylum, including removals, are available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate website at:
British Nationality
Mr. Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of people resident in the UK hold UK citizenship. [241797]
Jacqui Smith: The Home Office holds records of those people who have acquired British citizenship by registration or naturalisation. It does not hold records of those who have an automatic claim to citizenship, for example by being born here.
Crime: Economic Situation
Hywel Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the likely effect of the economic downturn on levels of recorded crime. [246602]
Mr. Alan Campbell: Academic research, including a study by the Home Office, has demonstrated an association between changes in the economy and some crime. These studies cannot fully allow for the impact of policy or other interventions and hence do not predict actual levels of crime.
Since March 2003, overall crime has fallen by 18 per cent. exceeding the 15 per cent. target set out in the Home Office’s public service agreement. That reduction is greater than would have been forecast based on economic factors alone, and the Department is confident that the right policies and systems are in place to continue to cut crime and that they provide the flexibility needed to respond to future economic challenges.
Crime: Victims
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many victims of crime have benefited from the Youth Crime Action Plan in (a) England and Wales, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley district and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland. [245011]
Mr. Alan Campbell: The Government are committed to driving down youth crime and keeping the communities, including young people themselves, safer and reducing youth victimisation.
Information on how many victims of crime have benefited from the Youth Crime Action Plan (YCAP) is not available either from the British Crime Survey (BCS) or police recorded crime data as the action plan has only been published for a few months. However, following a recommendation of the independent Smith review of the Home Office crime statistics, the British Crime Survey is being extended to include those aged under 16 years from 2009. This will assist in providing a clearer understanding of youth victimisation. We know that young people are more likely to be victims of other young people, and we are committed to driving down levels of youth victimisation. Through the implementation of the YCAP, we have introduced a new national objective to substantially reduce the number of young victims by 2020.
As part of YCAP, in October 2008 we announced that five areas across the country have been awarded a share of nearly half a million pounds to undertake pilot work to create the next generation of support services for young victims of crime.
These areas are Derby, Lambeth, Norfolk, Lewisham and Oxfordshire.
Also it was announced in September 2008 that £56.5 million of the YCAP money will be used to tackle youth crime across England in 69 local authority areas.
Each of the 69 areas were being offered £700,000 to implement an intensive package of action over the next three years, with an immediate cash injection of £90,000 available to each local authority in (2008).
This builds on the excellent work already under way in many local areas across the country and on the Government’s track record in investing in children and young people. Measures will include:
Operation Stay Safe—using safeguarding laws to remove young people at risk from the streets at night;
street-based teams of youth workers and ex-gang members to tackle groups of young people involved in crime and disorder;
increased visible police patrols during after-school hours;
expanding Family Intervention Projects to respond more effectively to families at risk;
providing positive activities for young people;
placing youth offending team workers in police stations so that young offenders can be dealt with and directed to the most appropriate service at the earliest opportunity; and
making young offenders feel the consequences of their actions by expanding reparation during their leisure time, including on Friday and Saturday nights.
Of the 69 local authorities areas, those in the North East have agreed to deliver the following measures to tackle youth crime in their area:
Operation Stay Safe
Street based teams
Youth Offending Team in custody suite
Youth Offending Team in custody suite
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