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Antisocial Behaviour: Poole

Volume 463: debated on Tuesday 24 July 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many incidents of antisocial behaviour involving mini-motorbikes or other off-road vehicles were reported in Poole in each of the last five years; and how many of these have resulted in (a) prosecution and (b) antisocial behaviour orders. (151566)

Incidents relating to antisocial behaviour involving mini-motorbikes and details of antisocial behaviour orders relating to mini-motorbikes in Poole are not collected centrally by the Ministry of Justice or the Home Office.

The statistical collections on the Court Proceedings Database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform for offences committed by mini-motorcyclists cannot be distinguished from other motor vehicle offences because the offence as defined in legislation is not specific to any type of motor vehicle (e.g. driving on a footpath or vehicle not taxed or insured against third party risks) or it is not identified separately, and grouped together with other miscellaneous motoring offences.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many penalty notices for disorder have been given in Poole in the last five years. (151593)

The Penalty Notice for Disorder (PND) Scheme was introduced to all police forces in England and Wales in 2004, under provisions in the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001.

The Office for Criminal Justice Reform collects data on PNDs at police force area level only; more detailed information on the number of PNDs issued by police division is held on local police force databases.

Poole is part of Dorset police force area. Data show that the number of PNDs issued by Dorset constabulary was 516 in 2004, 1,381 in 2005 and 2,262 in 2006 (provisional).