§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many parenting orders have been imposed, broken down by each constabulary, in each year since their introduction. [83172]
§ Hilary Benn2,488 Parenting Orders were made between September 1998, when piloting started, and March 2002. The Orders were available nationally from June 2000. We have the breakdown by constabulary area for the year April 2001 to March 2002, which is shown in table.
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Constabulary Parenting Orders Avon and Somerset 17 Bedfordshire 15 Cambridgeshire 22 Cheshire 1 Cleveland 45 Cumbria 4 Derbyshire 8 Devon and Cornwall 5 Dorset 9 Durham 16 Dyfed/Powys 11 Essex 39 Gloucestershire 1 Greater Manchester 200 Gwent 10 Hampshire 103 Hertfordshire 24 Humberside 8 Kent 34 Lancashire 20 Leicestershire 50 Lincolnshire 2 Merseyside 12 Metropolitan 165 Norfolk 29 North Wales 25 North Yorkshire 3 Northamptonshire 0 Northumbria 85 Nottinghamshire 9 South Wales 21 South Yorkshire 17 Staffordshire 12 Suffolk 36 Surrey 1 Sussex 27 Thames Valley 22 Warwickshire 0
Constabulary Parenting Orders West Mercia 21 West Midlands 45 West Yorkshire 39 Wiltshire 3 Total 1,216