Alcohol (Public Places)

Mr. Steinberg
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which local authorities have made use of orders banning consumption of alcohol in public places; and what percentage of local authorities this represents. [119095]

Caroline Flint
Seventy-four local authorities have so far notified the Home Office that they have made designation orders under section 13 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 to restrict anti-social public drinking in areas that have experienced alcohol-related disorder or nuisance. These are listed in the table. This represents around 18 per cent. of the total number of local authorities (county, metropolitan, unitary, borough and district councils) in England and Wales. The new arrangements introduced by the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 replaced the previous Home Office public drinking byelaw. Any such byelaw will lapse after five years from the commencement of the relevant provisions on 1 September 2001, unless replaced by a section 13 designation order.We have included a proposal in the Licensing Bill, currently before Parliament, that will increase police powers to confiscate alcohol in sealed alcohol containers, in addition to opened containers, from people who are drinking and causing a nuisance in designated public areas.

Local Authorities: designation orders under section 13 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 Brighton & Hove City CouncilBristol City CouncilBreckland CouncilBromley Borough CouncilBurnley Borough CouncilChelmsford District CouncilCherwell District CouncilCrewe and Nantwich Borough CouncilDacorum Borough CouncilDaventry District CouncilDenbighshire County CouncilDerby City CouncilDudley Metropolitan Borough CouncilEastbourne Borough CouncilEastleigh Borough CouncilEast Riding Borough CouncilEast Staffordshire Borough CouncilEnfield Borough CouncilGreat Yarmouth Borough CouncilHaringey Borough CouncilHarrogate Borough CouncilHerefordshire District CouncilHyndburn Borough CouncilKingston upon Hull City CouncilLeicester City CouncilMendip District CouncilMacclesfield Borough CouncilManchester City CouncilMerthyr Tydfil County Borough CouncilMiddlesbrough CouncilMilton Keynes CouncilNewcastle City CouncilNorthampton Borough CouncilNorth Cornwall District CouncilNorth Devon District CouncilNorth East Lincolnshire CouncilNorth Norfolk District CouncilNorth Somerset CouncilNorth West Leicestershire District CouncilOadby and Wigston Borough CouncilOldham Metropolitan Borough CouncilOxford City CouncilPreston City CouncilReading Borough CouncilRedditch Borough CouncilRibble Valley Borough CouncilRoyal Kingston Borough CouncilSalisbury District CouncilSefton CouncilShepway District CouncilSolihull Metropolitan Borough CouncilSouth Bedfordshire District CouncilSouthend-on-Sea Borough CouncilSouth Somerset District CouncilSouth Staffordshire CouncilStafford Borough CouncilStratford on Avon District CouncilStroud District CouncilSutton Borough CouncilSwindon Borough CouncilTaunton Deane Borough CouncilThanet District CouncilTrafford Metropolitan Borough CouncilWarrington Borough CouncilWatford CouncilWestminster (City of)Weymouth & Portland Borough CouncilWigan CouncilWindsor & MaidenheadWolverhampton City CouncilWorthing BoroughWrexham County BoroughWycombe District CouncilYork City Council