Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been imprisoned for failing to comply with a court order issued for antisocial behaviour in each year since 2010.

As part of the Government’s commitment to tackling and preventing anti-social behaviour (ASB), the Government provided the police, local authorities and other local agencies with a range of flexible tools and powers that they can use to respond quickly and effectively to ASB through the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.

The Ministry of Justice does not hold complete data on this issue. This is because anti-social behaviour can encompass a wide variety of behaviour and is not a specific criminal offence. However, where a criminal offence has been committed as part of anti-social behaviour, a Criminal Behaviour Order can be issued by the courts to tackle the most serious and persistent anti-social individuals who are also engaged in criminal activity. Criminal Behaviour Orders came into force in October 2014.

The Ministry of Justice publishes information on prosecutions and sentencing outcomes for breaching a Criminal Behaviour Order in the following data tools:

Source 1: Outcomes by Offence data tool: June 2022 (July 2017 to June 2022)

Source 2: Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2021 (January 2017 to June 2017)

Source 3: Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2020 (January 2014 to December 2016