HC Deb 18 June 2003 vol 407 cc257-8W
Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which local authorities have made use of orders banning consumption of alcohol in public places; and what percentage of local authorities this represents. [119095]

Caroline Flint

Seventy-four local authorities have so far notified the Home Office that they have made designation orders under section 13 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 to restrict anti-social public drinking in areas that have experienced alcohol-related disorder or nuisance. These are listed in the table. This represents around 18 per cent. of the total number of local authorities (county, metropolitan, unitary, borough and district councils) in England and Wales. The new arrangements introduced by the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 replaced the previous Home Office public drinking byelaw. Any such byelaw will lapse after five years from the commencement of the relevant provisions on 1 September 2001, unless replaced by a section 13 designation order.

We have included a proposal in the Licensing Bill, currently before Parliament, that will increase police powers to confiscate alcohol in sealed alcohol containers, in addition to opened containers, from people who are drinking and causing a nuisance in designated public areas.

Local Authorities: designation orders under section 13 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001

  • Brighton & Hove City Council
  • Bristol City Council
  • Breckland Council
  • Bromley Borough Council
  • Burnley Borough Council
  • Chelmsford District Council
  • Cherwell District Council
  • Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council
  • Dacorum Borough Council
  • Daventry District Council
  • Denbighshire County Council
  • Derby City Council
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  • Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Eastbourne Borough Council
  • Eastleigh Borough Council
  • East Riding Borough Council
  • East Staffordshire Borough Council
  • Enfield Borough Council
  • Great Yarmouth Borough Council
  • Haringey Borough Council
  • Harrogate Borough Council
  • Herefordshire District Council
  • Hyndburn Borough Council
  • Kingston upon Hull City Council
  • Leicester City Council
  • Mendip District Council
  • Macclesfield Borough Council
  • Manchester City Council
  • Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
  • Middlesbrough Council
  • Milton Keynes Council
  • Newcastle City Council
  • Northampton Borough Council
  • North Cornwall District Council
  • North Devon District Council
  • North East Lincolnshire Council
  • North Norfolk District Council
  • North Somerset Council
  • North West Leicestershire District Council
  • Oadby and Wigston Borough Council
  • Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Oxford City Council
  • Preston City Council
  • Reading Borough Council
  • Redditch Borough Council
  • Ribble Valley Borough Council
  • Royal Kingston Borough Council
  • Salisbury District Council
  • Sefton Council
  • Shepway District Council
  • Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
  • South Bedfordshire District Council
  • Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
  • South Somerset District Council
  • South Staffordshire Council
  • Stafford Borough Council
  • Stratford on Avon District Council
  • Stroud District Council
  • Sutton Borough Council
  • Swindon Borough Council
  • Taunton Deane Borough Council
  • Thanet District Council
  • Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Warrington Borough Council
  • Watford Council
  • Westminster (City of)
  • Weymouth & Portland Borough Council
  • Wigan Council
  • Windsor & Maidenhead
  • Wolverhampton City Council
  • Worthing Borough
  • Wrexham County Borough
  • Wycombe District Council
  • York City Council