HC Deb 13 February 2004 vol 418 cc229-30W
David Davis

To 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 Goggins

Figures 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.

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.