To ask the Solicitor-General if she will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Kingston upon Hull North Constituency, the effects on Kingston upon Hull North of her Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997.

Since 1997 the Government has embarked on a programme of reform in the criminal justice system to deliver justice for all by convicting and punishing the guilty and helping them to stop offending, while protecting the innocent.

Statistics are not maintained at Constituency level, but within the Humberside area, the introduction of statutory charging in August 2004 has already had an impact, reducing the level of cases which fall out of the system after charge. The current figures for the year to date are 13.3 per cent. as against 17.9 per cent. in 2002–03.

The CPS is also working with other agencies in this area to tackle antisocial behaviour. Between November 2004 and February 2005 16 antisocial behaviour orders on conviction have been granted in Humberside.