Written Question · S2W-27320 · Session 2
How many antisocial behaviour orders have been (a) applied for by local authorities and (b) subsequently granted in each year since their i…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many antisocial behaviour orders have been (a) applied for by local authorities and (b) subsequently granted in each year since their introduction, broken down by local authority area.
The answer
The Scottish Executive iscurrently collecting annual data on the use of antisocial behaviour orders(ASBOs) via a survey undertaken by DTZ Pieda Consulting and Heriot-Watt University.This survey began in 2003-04. Figures onthe number of applications for antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) made by eachLocal Authority are provided in the following Table1.
Data on the number of ASBOsgranted in each Local Authority area which has been supplied by our researchwas not disaggregated to show which originated from Local Authorities andRegistered Social Landlords. Table 2.5 of ‘Useof Antisocial Behaviour Orders in Scotland: Report of the 2004-05 Survey’ (available on the Scottish Executive website) provides figures which include both. For thepurposes of this PQ we asked DTZ Pieda and Heriot-Watt Universityif they could disaggregate the figures for 2004-05. The final column of the followingtable shows the number of Local Authority applications for full ASBOs that weresubsequently granted in that financial year.
Table 1: ASBO applicationsby Local Authorities 2003-04 to 2004-05 and orders granted in 2004-05
Local Authority
| |
Applications 2003/04
| Applications 2004/05
| Orders granted 2004/05
|
Aberdeen City
| 12
| 11
| 11
|
Aberdeenshire
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
Angus
| 2
| 3
| 3
|
Argyll & Bute
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
Clackmannanshire
| 1
| 4
| 2
|
Dumfries and Galloway
| 5
| 16
| 6
|
Dundee City
| 21
| 13
| 8
|
East Ayrshire
| 4
| 6
| 5
|
Data on the number of ASBOsgranted in each Local Authority area which has been supplied by our researchwas not disaggregated to show which originated from Local Authorities andRegistered Social Landlords. Table 2.5 of ‘Useof Antisocial Behaviour Orders in Scotland: Report of the 2004-05 Survey’ (available on the Scottish Executive website) provides figures which include both. For thepurposes of this PQ we asked DTZ Pieda and Heriot-Watt Universityif they could disaggregate the figures for 2004-05. The final column of the followingtable shows the number of Local Authority applications for full ASBOs that weresubsequently granted in that financial year.
Table 1: ASBO applicationsby Local Authorities 2003-04 to 2004-05 and orders granted in 2004-05
Local Authority
| |
Applications 2003/04
| Applications 2004/05
| Orders granted 2004/05
|
Aberdeen City
| 12
| 11
| 11
|
Aberdeenshire
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
Angus
| 2
| 3
| 3
|
Argyll & Bute
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
Clackmannanshire
| 1
| 4
| 2
|
Dumfries and Galloway
| 5
| 16
| 6
|
Dundee City
| 21
| 13
| 8
|
East Ayrshire
| 4
| 6
| 5
|
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-27320 by reference.