HC Deb 13 January 2003 vol 397 cc445-6W
Tim Loughton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 11 December 2002,Official Report, column 307W, on anti-social behaviour orders, of the 18 persons fined how many fines have been collected; and at what rate. [89343]

Mr. Denham

The information requested is not collected centrally.

Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) ASBOs, (b) parenting orders and (c) curfew orders have been issued in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne. [89107]

Mr. Denham

[holding answer 9 January 2003]: (a) The table shows the number of notifications received by the Home Office of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) issued within the Northumbria Magistrates Courts Committee (MCCs) area (in which the City of Newcastle upon Tyne is situated) and by local government authority up to 30 June 2002 (latest available).

We are aware that the numbers of ASBOs made nationally have been consistently under-reported in returns made by magistrates courts and are considering how reporting can be improved.

(b) Youth Justice Board figures indicate that 2,712 Parenting Orders were imposed in England and Wales between April 2000 and September 2002. During this period the number imposed in Newcastle upon Tyne was eight.

(c) Figures from the electronic monitoring contractors indicate that 3,037 Curfew Orders with electronic monitoring were imposed on young offenders aged 10 to 15 in the period from the start of the contracts on 28 January 1999 to the end of December 2002. During that period the number imposed in Newcastle upon Tyne was five.

No applications have yet been received to establish a local child curfew scheme under section 14 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. Some local authorities and police forces have considered the possibility but concluded that other measures should be taken to tackle relevant local problems.

Number of ASBOs as notified to the Home Office by magistrates courts committee and local authority area within England and Wales, April 1999-June 2002
MCC/local authority area Total issued
Northumbria MCC 25
Of which
From 1 April 1999 to 31 May 2000 by pfa 8
From 1 June 2000 to 30 June 2002 by local authority area 17
Gateshead MBC 3
Newcastle upon Tyne, City of 3
North Tyneside Council 8
South Tyneside MBC 2
Sunderland CC 1

Note:

Between 1 April 1999–31 May 2000 data available by police force area (pfa) only.