Antisocial Behaviour: Fixed penalties

Mr. Clappison
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many penalty notices for disorder were issued in each year since their inception; and what estimate he has made of the average administrative cost of issuing such an order.

Maria Eagle
In 2004 there were 63,639 issued for all offences in England and Wales, rising to 146,481 in 2005. Information for 2006 will be available at the end of November 2007.

The Home Office consultation paper “Strengthening powers to tackle anti-social behaviour” published on 14 November 2006 estimated the cost of a PND, including compliance, enforcement and appeal costs, to be £91 per PND issued.