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Mr. Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions for offences related to drunkenness there have been in (a) the London Borough of Bexley and (b) Greater London in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [270935]
Mr. Alan Campbell: The number of persons proceeded against at magistrates courts for offences of drunkenness in Greater London, which includes the Metropolitan and City of London police force areas from 2003 to 2007 (latest available) is given in table 1.
A Penalty Notice for Disorder (PND) may be given for certain offences of drunkenness. The number of persons issued with a PND for drunkenness in the Metropolitan and City of London police force areas, from 2004 to 2007 (latest available) are given in table 2. The PND Scheme was implemented in all 43 police force areas in England and Wales in 2004.
Data relating to the number of persons found guilty and cautioned for offences of drunkenness can be found in annex A and B.
Information held centrally is not available at local authority area. Data have been given in the tables for the Metropolitan police force area which includes Greater London and in which the London borough of Bexley is located.
Data for 2008 will be available in the autumn of 2009.
| Table 1: N umber of persons proceeded against at magistrates courts for offences of drunkenness( 1) in Greater London, 2003 - 07( 2,3,4) | ||||||
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||
| (1) Includes offences under the: Licensing Act 1872 s.12; Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1985 ss.1(4) and 1A(4), 2(2); Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 s.12; Criminal Justice Act 1967 s.91; Licensing Act 1964 s.174; Late Night Refreshment Houses Act 1969 s.9(4); Town Police Clauses Act 1847 s.61; London Hackney Carriage Act 1843 s.28; Merchant Shipping Act 1995 s.101(1)(a)(b), (4) and (5); Licensing Act 1902 s.2; Similar provisions in Local Acts; Road Traffic Act ss.4(1)(2) s.5(1)(a)(b), s.6(4), s.7(6); Road Traffic Act 1988 s.7A as added by Police Reform Act 2002 s.56, Transport and Works Act 1992 s.31A as added by Police Reform Act 2002 s.52. (2) Includes the Metropolitan and City of London police force areas. (3) These data are on the principal offence basis. (4) 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 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: Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Evidence and Analysis Unit | ||||||
| Table 2: N umber of Penalty Notices for Disorder issued for offences of drunkenness( 1) in Greater London, from 2004 - 07( 2,3) | |||||
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||
| (1) Data include the following offence descriptions and corresponding statutes: Being found drunk in a highway or other public place, whether a building or not, or on licensed premises—Licensing Act 1872, section 12; Being guilty while drunk of disorderly behaviour—Criminal Justice Act 1967, section 91. Consuming alcohol in a designated public place—Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001, section 12. (2) Includes the Metropolitan and City of London police force areas. (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 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: Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Evidence and Analysis Unit | |||||
| Annex A: N umber of persons found guilty at all courts of offences of drunkenness( 1) in Greater London, 2003 - 07( 2,3,4) | ||||||
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||
| (1 )Includes offences under the: Licensing Act 1872 s.12; Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1985 ss.1(4) and 1A(4), 2(2); Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 s.12; Criminal Justice Act 1967 s.91; Licensing Act 1964 s.174; Late Night Refreshment Houses Act 1969 s.9(4); Town Police Clauses Act 1847 s.61; London Hackney Carriage Act 1843 s.28; Merchant Shipping Act 1995 s.101(1)(a)(b), (4) and (5); Licensing Act 1902 s.2; Similar provisions in Local Acts; Road Traffic Act ss.4(1)(2) s.5(1)(a)(b), s.6(4), s.7(6); Road Traffic Act 1988 s.7A as added by Police Reform Act 2002 s.56, Transport and Works Act 1992 S.31A as added by Police Reform Act 2002 s.52. (2) Includes the Metropolitan and City of London police force areas. (3) These data are on the principal offence basis. (4) 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 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: Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Evidence and Analysis Unit | ||||||
| Annex B: N umber of persons cautioned for offences of drunkenness( 1) in Greater London, 2003 - 07( 2,3,4,5) | ||||||
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||
| (1) Includes offences under the: Licensing Act 1872 s.12; Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1985 ss.1(4) and 1A(4), 2(2); Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 s.12; Criminal Justice Act 1967 s.91; Licensing Act 1964 s.174; Late Night Refreshment Houses Act 1969 s.9(4); Town Police Clauses Act 1847 s.61; London Hackney Carriage Act 1843 s.28; Merchant Shipping Act 1995s.101(1)(a)(b), (4) and (5); Licensing Act 1902 s.2; Similar provisions in Local Acts; Road Traffic Act ss.4(1)(2) s.5(1)(a)(b), s.6(4), s.7(6); Road Traffic Act 1988 s.7A as added by Police Reform Act 2002 s.56, Transport and Works Act 1992 S.31A as added by Police Reform Act 2002 s.52. (2) Includes the Metropolitan and City of London police force areas. (3) The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been cautioned for two or more offences at the same time the principal offence is the more serious offence. (4) From 1 June 2000 the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 came into force nationally and removed the use of cautions for persons under 18 and replaced them with reprimands and final warnings. These figures have been included in the totals. (5) 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 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: Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Evidence and Analysis Unit | ||||||
Animal (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many licences under the Animal (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were granted in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007 and (d) 2008 for research on non-human primates that included water deprivation as a permissible motivational tool; to which species of non-human primates such licences related; and for what reasons such licences are granted. [275416]
Mr. Alan Campbell: Under the Animal (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, control of fluid intake is used to motivate monkeys so that they will perform extended sequences of behaviour in behavioural neuroscience experiments. The monkeys are trained to perform simple or complex tasks for which small amounts of a fluid, referred to as rewards or reinforcers, are used to motivate the animals and maintain behavioural or cognitive performance. The fluid control may involve limiting the time fluid is available, or may involve reducing the total amount fluid provided per day. Ultimately, thirst and the food reward for continuing the task, becomes a motivator for reliable performance.
The following table shows the number of licences granted from 2005 to date authorising fluid control procedure under the Animal (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
| Number of licences granted authorising fluid control | Non-human primate species | |
Animal Experiments: Licensing
Mr. Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what definition her Department uses of household products in respect of the granting of animal testing licences; and if she will make a statement. [274952]
Mr. Alan Campbell [holding answer 12 May 2009]: There is no authoritative definition of the term ‘household products’ and it is not defined in any national or international legislation. However, in the context of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, regard is paid to the definition of finished household products as set out in the 2002 publication on “The Use of Animals in Testing Household Products” produced by the Boyd Group, a forum encompassing a wide rage of expertise and perspectives concerned with the use of animals in scientific procedures. All products that are primarily intended for use in the home fall within the sub-category of ‘Substances used in the household’ and would include such products as detergents and other laundry products, household cleaners, air-fresheners, toilet blocks, polishes, paper products such as infant nappies, paints, glues (and removers), other furnishing and DIY products and household pesticides. The sub-category applies to both finished household products and their ingredients, although in practice mainly the latter are tested.
Mr. Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many animal testing licences were granted for the testing of household products in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. [274953]
Mr. Alan Campbell [holding answer 12 May 2009]: Project licences are not granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 for the sole purpose of household product testing or the testing of their ingredients. Any such testing is conducted under project licences authorising the regulatory safety testing of a range of materials. The number of procedures conducted for the testing of household products and their ingredients has fallen significantly since 1997 and the number of licences used for this purpose in any particular year is consequently very low.
Mr. Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what species of animals have been used in the testing of household products under licences issued by her Department in the last five years; how many animals of each species have been so used; and if she will make a statement. [274954]
Mr. Alan Campbell [holding answer 12 May 2009]: The number of adult animals used for the first time in scientific procedures on living animals started in Great Britain for toxicology or other safety/efficacy evaluation in relation to substances used in the household, in 2003-07 was:
2007: one rabbit (1)
2006: Nil (0)
2005: 21 mice, 90 rats (111)
2004: 95 mice, 65 rats, 20 guinea pigs, 12 rabbits, 80 ‘Any fish species’ (272)
2003: 98 mice, 83 rats, 41 guinea pigs, 12 rabbits, (234).
The available information is published in Table 9a (previously 10a) in the Department's annual publication Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain, copies of which are available from the Library of the House and from the Department's website:
Information relating to procedures started in 2008 is planned to be published in July 2009.
The justification for the testing of household products or their ingredients is the need for regulatory authorities to have sufficient information to assess the risks to which humans, animals, plants or the environment are exposed (and their efficacy if relevant), as required by national and international legislations, when these products or their ingredients are produced, transported or used.
Animal tests are authorised when the purpose of the test cannot be achieved by any other reasonably practicable method not entailing the use of protected animals. Account will be taken of physico-chemical properties of the test substance, computer modelling and structure-activity relationships, and results of in-vitro screening if appropriate which will inform the need and type of animal test needed.
Antisocial Behaviour
Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on tackling antisocial behaviour. [276711]
Mr. Alan Campbell: We have provided front-line staff including local authorities with a range of guidance on tackling antisocial behaviour. This has included:
Updated guidance on the use of existing tools and powers: May 2008;
Updated guidance on providing support to victims and witnesses of antisocial behaviour: May 2008;
Guidance on closure of premises associated with persistent disorder or nuisance: December 2008; and
A guide to reviewing antisocial behaviour orders given to young people: February 2009.
The ASB telephone ActionLine service and ASB website provide additional support to the public and staff engaged in tackling ASB. We also held regular events to keep practitioners up to speed with the latest practice in using the wide range of ASB tools and powers available to them.
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