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Antisocial Behaviour Orders

Volume 486: debated on Tuesday 13 January 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many antisocial behaviour orders have (a) been issued and (b) been breached in each of the last five years. (243324)

Data on the number of antisocial Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) issued and breached in England and Wales are available up 31 December 2006. The available published information is shown in the following table.

Number of Antisocial Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) issued and the number proven in court to have been breached at least once at all courts in England and Wales in each year, 20001-06

England and Wales

2000-021

2003

2004

2005

2006

Issued

914

1,349

3,479

4,123

2,706

Breached2

317

565

1,410

2,163

1,801

1 From 1 June 2000.

2 ASBOs breached are counted based on the year the first breach was proven in court.

Note:

Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

Source:

As reported to the Home Office by the Court Service. Prepared by OCJR Evidence and Analysis Unit.