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Antisocial Behaviour: Fixed Penalties

Volume 491: debated on Friday 24 April 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people in the Lancashire police authority area have been issued with penalty notices for disorder in each of the last three years, broken down by type of offence; and how many fines associated with notices remain unpaid. (265839)

The number of Penalty Notices for Disorder (PNDs) issued to persons aged 16 and over in the Lancashire police force area, by type of offence and those which were not paid from 2004 to 2007 (latest available) can be found in tables 1 to 3.

Under the PND scheme, recipients have 21 days in which to pay the penalty or request a court hearing. 21 days is the minimum period before forces can register a fine for not responding to a notice. If no action is taken, a fine of one and half times the penalty amount is registered by the courts. Fines for non-payment of PNDs are treated by the courts in the same way as any other unpaid fine. It is not possible to separately identify the payment rate of fines arising from unpaid PNDs, but the latest enforcement rate for all fines, including those from unpaid PNDs, is 85.2 per cent. for the period April-December 2008.

PNDs were implemented in all 43 forces in England and Wales in 2004.

PND data for 2008 will be available in the autumn of 2009.

Table 1: Number of Penalty Notices for Disorder issued to persons aged 16 and over in the Lancashire police force area, by offence, 2005-071

£80 ticket offences

DA01

DA02

DA3

DA4

DA5

DA6

DA11

DA12

Total £80 tickets issued

Wasting police time

Misuse of public telecoms system

Giving false alarm to fire and rescue authority

Causing harassment, alarm or distress

Throwing fireworks

Drunk and disorderly

Criminal damage (under £500

Theft (retail under £200)

2005

10,013

202

21

14

2,491

25

4,651

190

20

2006

12,192

255

55

12

3,038

24

4,889

1,394

2,259

2007

12,696

288

84

13

2,175

25

5,864

1,340

2,642

DA13DA14DA15DA16DA17DA18DA19DA20DA21

Breach of fireworks curfew

Possession of category 4 fireworks

Possession by a person under 18 of adult firework

Sale of alcohol to drunken person

Supply of alcohol to person under 18

Sale of alcohol to person under 18

Purchase alcohol for person under 18

Purchase alcohol for person under 18 for consumption on premises

Delivery of alcohol to person under 18 or allowing such delivery

2005

4

15

822

1,546

2

1

5

4

2006

7

2

4

206

24

3

20

2007

1

2

6

6

1

190

28

2

29

1 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 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:

Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Evidence and Analysis unit.

Table 2: Number of Penalty Notices for Disorder issued to persons aged 16 and over in the Lancashire police force area, by offence, 2005 to 20071

£50 ticket offences

DB13

DAB04

DB5

DB7

DB8

DB12

DB13

DB14

Total £50 tickets issued

Trespass on a railway

Throwing stones at a train/railway

Drunk in a highway

Consumption of alcohol in public place

Depositing and leaving litter

Consumption of alcohol by under 18 on relevant premises

Allowing consumption of alcohol on relevant premises

Buying or attempting to buy alcohol by person under 18

2005

209

11

105

21

61

5

3

3

2006

287

7

106

86

72

7

9

2007

160

4

2

34

81

33

3

1

2

1 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 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

Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Evidence and Analysis unit.

Table 3: Number of Penalty Notices for Disorder issued to persons aged 16 and over in the Lancashire police force area, by outcome, 2005 to 20071

Of those paid

Number issued

Total paid in full

Percentage

Paid in full within 21 days

Percentage

Paid in full outside 21 days

Percentage

2005

10,222

4,733

46

3,621

35

1,112

11

2006

12,479

5,631

45

4,296

34

1,335

11

2007

12,856

5,819

45

4,342

34

1,477

11

Other outcomes

Fine registered

Percentage

Court hearing requested

Percentage

PND cancelled

Percentage

Potential prosecution

Percentage

Outcome unknown

Percentage

2005

4,972

49

382

4

117

1

2

2

18

0

2006

6,491

52

218

2

136

1

2

2

3

0

2007

6,645

52

240

2

152

1

2

2

2

2

1 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 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.

2 Nil.

Source:

Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Evidence and Analysis unit.