HC Deb 05 November 1999 vol 337 c367W
Mr. Field

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to begin the national implementation of the framework for final warning schemes, reparation orders, action plan order, child safety orders, parenting orders, and youth offending teams; and if he will make a statement on the piloting of these schemes. [97307]

Mr. Charles Clarke

Pilots of the final warning scheme, reparation order, action plan order, child safety order, parenting order and youth offending teams under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 began in 10 areas in September 1998 and will run for 18 months. Subject to the experience of the pilots, the Government expect to implement nationally the provisions in the 1998 Act for youth offending teams in April 2000 and for the final warning scheme and new court orders in 2000–01. The pilots are being evaluated by a team led by Sheffield University. The Government expect to receive an interim report on the progress of the pilots shortly and this will be published in due course.

Mr. Field

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the local authorities which have used(a) local child curfew schemes, (b) anti-social behaviour orders and (c) court-ordered secure demands. [97306]

Mr. Charles Clarke

Applying to establish a local child curfew scheme is optional for local authorities, to be considered in the light of the wider crime and disorder reduction strategy developed under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and of the outcome of local consultation. No applications have yet been received.

Information on the number of anti-social behaviour orders made is not held centrally, but we are aware of seven orders made since 1 April 1999. Two were applied for by Liverpool City Council, one by North Somerset District Council and one by the London Borough of Camden. In addition, two were applied for by Derbyshire Constabulary and one by West Mercia Police.

Remands direct to local authority secure accommodation are made by the courts without an application from a local authority. Information on the use of court-ordered secure remands since 1 June 1999 is being collected from local authorities. I will write to my right hon. Friend as soon as it has been assembled.