Clause 83
Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill
5:45 pm
Vernon Coaker (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Home Office; Gedling, Labour)
There is a huge discrepancy, as the hon. Gentleman said. We used the template of sexual offences prevention orders to guide us, and we made the best estimate. The idea is not for someone to breach the orders. They are preventive orders and I do not believe that many people will breach them, but we must have a sanction. We have used our best estimate and other civil orders to guide us. We estimate that 100 such orders might be made, requiring approximately 20 prison places. We will continue to keep the matter under review.
I have told my hon. Friend the Member for Leyton and Wanstead and the hon. Member for Somerton and Frome that I want to look at the idea of who can apply for non-molestation orders, and I hope that my hon. Friend will withdraw his amendment.