Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions there were for anti-social behaviour in Leigh constituency in each of the last five years.

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on prosecutions for England and Wales by Police Force Area but does not hold data for parliamentary constituencies. Anti-social behaviour can span a wide range of offences, for which there is not a definitive list. The number of defendants prosecuted for breaching an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ASBO) or a Criminal Behaviour Order (which replaced the ASBO in 2014) by police force area can be found in the Court outcomes by Police Force Area data tool found here:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804509/court-outcomes-by-PFA-2018.xlsx

When using the data tool, ensure ’02: Magistrates’ Court’ is selected in the Court Type filter for prosecutions.

• Leigh constituency falls within the ‘Greater Manchester’ Police Force Area, which can be selected in the ‘Police Force Area’ filter.

• Select ’66.7 Breach of a criminal behaviour order’ and ‘8.11 Breach of an Anti-Social Behaviour Order’ in the Offence filter.

• To view the offences in the table, remove Police Force Area from the Rows area and replace it with Offence.