Mr. Grieve:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 17 December 2008, Official Report, column 844W, on anti-social behaviour: fixed penalties, how many penalty notices for disorder have been (a) issued and (b) not paid for each type of offence in each of the last four years. [247293]
Maria Eagle:
The number of Penalty Notices for Disorder (PNDs) issued and not paid within the suspended enforcement period in England and Wales for each year from 2004 to 2007 (latest published), broken down by offence are in the following table.
Under the PND Scheme, recipients have 21 days in which either to pay the penalty or request a court hearing. If no action is taken, a fine of one and a half times the penalty amount is registered against an offender by the magistrates court. The overall fine payment rate at court is 87 per cent.; the courts fine registration system cannot differentiate between those fines arising from unpaid PNDs and any other fine.
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Number of penalty notices for disorder (PNDs) issued to offenders of all ages and not paid( 1) , broken down by offence, in England and Wales, 2004 - 07( 2)
2004
2005
2006
2007
Offence
Issued
Not paid
Issued
Not paid
Issued
Not paid
Issued
Not paid
Wasting police time
1,171
659
2,525
1,326
3,933
2,022
3,966
2,104
Misuse of public telecommunications system
117
65
405
167
909
386
1,193
523
Giving false alarm to fire or rescue authority
44
26
92
43
106
63
96
41
Causing harassment, alarm and distress
28,790
14,484
64,007
30,092
82,235
39,115
77,827
37,470
Throwing fireworks
177
88
642
295
682
302
649
275
Drunk and disorderly
26,609
11,682
37,038
16,176
43,556
18,883
46,996
20,629
Criminal Damage (under £500)
1,190
509
12,168
5,172
20,620
9,269
19,946
8,874
Theft (retail under £200)
2,072
1,202
21,997
12,940
38,772
22,603
45,146
26,035
Breach of fireworks curfew
12
2
33
15
53
19
39
14
Possession of category 4 firework
12
7
13
8
28
16
22
12
Possession of adult firework by person under 18
20
10
47
18
76
25
106
39
Sale of alcohol to drunken person
—
—
32
8
47
12
81
17
Supply of alcohol to person under 18
—
—
3
1
60
7
54
13
Sale of alcohol to person under 18
113
39
2,058
253
3,195
439
3,583
509
Purchase alcohol for person under 18
84
29
170
64
407
139
555
235
Purchase alcohol for person under 18 for consumption on premises
—
—
83
24
60
21
64
33
Delivery of alcohol to person under 18 or allowing such delivery
20
11
209
81
297
121
431
163
Trespass on a railway
96
48
220
123
1,042
491
1,527
747
Throwing stones at a train/railway
66
31
20
7
15
9
25
12
Drunk in a highway
2,497
1,264
3,138
1,469
2,712
1,279
2,066
920
Consumption of alcohol in public place
485
372
712
544
1,061
809
1,544
1,216
Littering
51
26
737
369
1,169
576
1,374
669
Consumption of alcohol by person under 18 on relevant premises
7
4
84
18
75
20
85
18
Allowing consumption of alcohol by person under 18 on relevant premises
6
3
27
13
14
4
11
2
Buying or attempting to buy alcohol by person under 18
—
—
21
8
73
21
158
49
Total—all offences
63,639
30,561
146,481
69,234
201,197
96,651
207,544
100,619
(1) Not paid = not paid within the suspended enforcement period. (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 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.
Approved Premises: Harwich
Mr. Carswell:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many new bail hostels are planned to be built in Harwich constituency. [247062]
Mr. Hanson:
I do not intend to provide any new bail hostels in Harwich constituency.
If the hon. Gentleman is referring to the accommodation and support service for bail and Home Detention Curfew provided by ClearSprings, none is currently planned for Harwich constituency.
