Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 26 April 1999.
The new orders contained in the Act—including the anti-social behaviour orders—have been widely welcomed as of great importance in helping the police and local authorities to reduce crime and disorder. I have kept in close touch with lay and stipendiary magistrates about the provisions of the Act.
We are monitoring the use being made of all the new disposals. The first full set of statistics should become available this summer, but the experience in the pilot areas to date has been encouraging.