§ Mr. JenkinsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many penalty notices for disorder have been issued by police forces during the pilot period. [160061]
§ Ms BlearsPilots for penalty notices for disorder operated between August 2002 and September 2003 in four police force areas involving five police forces: West1576W Midlands (force wide), Essex (force wide), North Wales (initially in their Central division then force wide from April 2003), Metropolitan (Croydon division) and British Transport Police (West Midlands area). Just over 6,000 penalty notices for disorder were issued during the pilots.