HC Deb 18 December 2000 vol 360 cc58-60W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) anti-social behaviour orders, (b) sex offender orders, (c) parenting orders, (d) child safety orders, (e) reparation orders, (f) action plan orders, (g) supervision orders and (h) detention and training orders (i) have been made, (ii) have had appeals made against them and (iii) have been breached; and if he will make a statement. [142603]

The number of new orders (as introduced under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998) made, appealed against or breached within pilot areas and nationally up to 30 June 20001
Type of order Made up to 31 May 2000 June 20001 Appealed against Breached (up to 30 June 2000)1
Anti-Social Behaviour Order2 104 9 8 19
Sex Offender Order3 32 4 8 8
Parenting Order4 23 8 1
of which given at:
Civil and family proceedings courts 1
Criminal courts 22
Child Safety Order4 8 5,9
Reparation Order4 282 8 35
Action Plan Order4 263 8 42
Supervision Order6 17,954 764 8 1,539
Detention and Training Order7 1,791 460 8 4
1 Provisional.
2 Implemented from 1 April 1999.
3 Implemented on 1 December 1998.
4 Piloted from 30 September 1998 and implemented nationally from 1 June 2000.
5 If the child fails to comply with any requirement, the court may, on application of the responsible officer, discharge the order and make in respect of him a care order under s31(10(a) of the Children Act 1989. To date X such care orders have been recorded.
6 S71 and 72 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 amended the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 strengthening the existing community penalty of a supervision order for serious young offenders. Data given in the first column covers all types of supervision orders and all young offenders. It covers the period from 1 January 1999 up to 31 May 2000.
7 Implemented from April 1999 but data collected centrally from July 1999 onwards.
8 Not available.
9 Not applicable.

Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) reprimands and (b) warnings under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 have been issued in each month since their introduction; and if he will make a statement. [142604]

Mr. Charles Clarke

[holding answer 15 December 2000]: Under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, reprimands and final warnings replaced cautions for young offenders. They were introduced in seven pilot areas from the end of September 1998 until 1 June 2000, when both reprimands and final warnings became available nationwide. During the final quarter in 1998, 1,126 reprimands and 576 final warnings were recorded (these data were collected as part of the pilot). Centrally recorded data for 1999 are given in the table. We also show provisional data for the first two quarters of 2000.

Number of persons aged 10–17 given reprimands and final warnings within the seven pilot areas by month, 1999 and up to 30 June 20001
Reprimands Final warnings
1999
January 397 202
February 298 133
March 384 117
April 491 167
May 471 242
June2 483 229
July 317 169

Mr. Charles Clarke

[holding answer 15 December, 2000]: Available information is given in the table.

Anti-social behaviour orders have been taken out by the police and local authorities in a variety of cases and with considerable success in tackling the crime and disorder that can blight the lives of the community. Police forces and probation services have welcomed the new sex offender orders and regard them as a useful tool.

Number of persons aged 10–17 given reprimands and final warnings within the seven pilot areas by month, 1999 and up to 30 June 20001
Reprimands Final warnings
August 320 174
September 279 144
October 281 137
November 188 141
December 347 196
Total 4,256 2,051
20001
Quarter 1 3,622 1,060
Quarter 2 7,223 2,681
1 Provisional.
2 Data given for Quarter 2 2000 cover the whole of England and Wales for the last month in the quarter as both reprimands and final warnings were introduced nationwide as from 1 June 2000.

Note:

It is thought that the centrally recorded data for these new disposals may be subject to a small amount of under-recording.

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