HC Deb 08 February 2001 vol 362 cc674-5W
Miss Widdecombe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many Sex Offender Orders have been made to date in each police force area in England and Wales; how many have been(a) discharged and (b) breached; and if he will make a statement; [149162]

(2) how many Child Safety Orders have been made to date in each police force area in England and Wales; how many have been (a) discharged and (b) breached; and if he will make a statement; [149164]

(3) how many Parenting Orders have been made to date in each police force area in England and Wales; how many have been (a) discharged and (b) breached; and if he will make a statement. [149163]

Mr. Charles Clarke

Available information, up to 30 September 2000, is given in the table.

The number of Parenting, Child Safety and Sex Offender Orders (as introduced under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998) made, discharged or breached within pilot areas and nationally up to 30 September 20001
Made
Number up to 31 May 2000 Nationally from 1 June to 30 September 20001 Discharged Breached (up to 30 June 2000)1
Civil and family proceedings courts 18 5
Cleveland 1
Greater Manchester 6
Metropolitan police 5
Northumbria 4
Suffolk 1
West Sussex 1
Criminal courts 722 8
Durham 2
Greater Manchester 4
Lancashire 6
Leicestershire 1
Metropolitan police 1
Nottinghamshire 2
South Yorkshire 1
Warwickshire 2
West Midlands 3
Child Safety Order6 5 10 5,9 10
Care Order for Non-compliance with
Child Safety Orders 5 10 5 10
1Provisional
2Implemented on 1 December 1998
3Data by area for Sex Offender Orders only available from 1 June 2000
4Subsection 2(7) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 provides that 'except with the consent of both parties, no sex offender order shall be discharged before the end of the period of five years beginning with the date of service of the order'
5Not available
6Piloted from 30 September 1998 and implemented nationally from 1 June 2000
7Data for parenting orders given at criminal courts up to 30 June 2000 only
8Breach recorded in Dyfed-Powys police force area in 1999
9If 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
10Not applicable

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