§ David DavisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many child curfew orders have been issued in England and Wales, broken down by local authority area. [152474]
§ Paul GogginsFigures broken down by local authority areas are not available. The available information relating to the number of persons aged 10 to 17 years who have received a curfew order at court, by police force area, England and Wales 2002, is contained in the table.
Statistics on court proceedings for 2003 will be published in the autumn.
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Number of person aged 10 to 17 years sentenced to a curfew order at all courts for all offences, by police force area: England and Wales 20021 Police force area Sentenced to a curfew order Avon and Somerset 67 Bedfordshire 20 Cambridgeshire 40 Cheshire 12 Cleveland 64 Cumbria 9 Derbyshire 37 Devon and Cornwall 17 Dorset 39 Durham 44 Essex 33 Gloucestershire 13 Greater Manchester 309 Hampshire 97 Hertfordshire 28 Humberside 14 Kent 75 Lancashire 87 Leicestershire 53 Lincolnshire 6 London, City of — Merseyside 29 Metropolitan Police 293 Norfolk 31 Northamptonshire —
Number of person aged 10 to 17 years sentenced to a curfew order at all courts for all offences, by police force area: England and Wales 20021 Police force area Sentenced to a curfew order Northumbria 38 North Yorkshire 16 Nottinghamshire 48 South Yorkshire 68 Staffordshire 43 Suffolk 25 Surrey 8 Sussex 45 Thames Valley 89 Warwickshire 10 West Mercia 61 West Midlands 143 West Yorkshire 177 Wiltshire 5 Dyfed Powys 4 Gwent 11 North Wales 58 South Wales 87 England and Wales 2,353 1These data are on the principal offence basis.