Policy
A tiered approach to tackling young people drinking alcohol in public places.
Alcohol-related crime and disorder by young people is
currently estimated to cost society £1 billion per
year. According to a schools survey, whilst the
proportion of pupils who have never had an alcoholic
drink has increased gradually in recent years, pupils
who are drinking, are drinking a lot. Those who drank
alcohol in the last week had a mean intake of 14.6
units. The proportion drinking on the street, in a
park or somewhere else is also continuing to rise
reaching 34% in 2008.
More than 3,500 young people were successfully targeted by the summer 2009 crackdown on teenage binge drinking and 15,000 were signposted to positive activities and received treatment where necessary. Nonetheless, there is more to be done and that is why The Home Office is introducing a tiered approach to dealing with young people drinking alcohol in public places, and a new offence of persistently possessing alcohol in a public place.
The guidance explains the offence of persistently possessing alcohol in a public place as contained in Section 30 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009, which received Royal Assent on 13 November 2009. Section 30 establishes a new offence of persistently possessing alcohol in a public place, making it illegal for a person under the age of 18 to be in possession of alcohol on 3 or more occasions within a period of 12 consecutive months.
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More than 3,500 young people were successfully targeted by the summer 2009 crackdown on teenage binge drinking and 15,000 were signposted to positive activities and received treatment where necessary. Nonetheless, there is more to be done and that is why The Home Office is introducing a tiered approach to dealing with young people drinking alcohol in public places, and a new offence of persistently possessing alcohol in a public place.
The guidance explains the offence of persistently possessing alcohol in a public place as contained in Section 30 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009, which received Royal Assent on 13 November 2009. Section 30 establishes a new offence of persistently possessing alcohol in a public place, making it illegal for a person under the age of 18 to be in possession of alcohol on 3 or more occasions within a period of 12 consecutive months.
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DFT: Building our capacity together
21/06/07 11:47 Filed in: Transport
| Public
Administration
This action plan outlines the
Department for Transport's priorities for the
future, coming out of the department's
Capability Review assessment.
Cutting bureaucracy in public services: DfES
21/06/07 11:41 Filed in: Public
Administration | Education
The Cabinet Office is today launching its public
sector better regulation strategy, which aims to
identify and reduce the bureaucratic burden on the
front line. The aim is to find practical ways to
lessen the main administrative and regulatory burdens
on the front line, without creating more bureaucracy
in order to do so.
The strategy follows up some major initiatives to reduce bureaucracy already underway, and also focuses on what’s next. In the HE sector, for example, a recently agreed Concordat is significantly simplifying data collection and quality assurance. Next steps will extend the Concordat to more organisations and professional bodies; seek to address issues of health education regulation; and, ensure that the implementation of Sandy Leitch’s recommendations in the HE sector is consistent with principles of good regulation.
In the schools sector, the New Relationship with Schools (NRwS) was formulated in response to a review of unnecessary bureaucracy. It aims, within the context of delivering school improvement and the five Every Child Matters outcomes, to: lift bureaucratic burdens that schools feel add nothing to their core purposes; remove confusion and irritation in schools as a result of the number and separateness of the initiatives coming at them (‘initiative overload’); improve accountability by helping schools identify priorities according to their needs, based on the evidence of their self-evaluation; and, restore schools’ sense of responsibility for their own actions.
And in FE, there have been a number of recent major reforms - a focus on simplification; the creation of a single inspectorate for FE and of an Information Authority, which sets standards and organises how information about FE is collected, managed and disseminated; the Managing Information Across Partners Programme, which is securing efficiencies by improving how information about learners and learning is shared across the whole education sector; the creation of a communications gateway for the FE System and the establishment of a Practitioner Panel to advise on the timing and content of publications – LSC has reduced by over 60% the number of its publications between January and March this year compared with the same time last year. The Department recognises and values the commitment shown by the members of the gatekeeping groups to helping the DfES and its delivery partners make a real difference for those at the frontline.
For the future, the big thing that will make a difference in FE is the move to self regulation. This offers the opportunity to further streamline and challenge.
The strategy follows up some major initiatives to reduce bureaucracy already underway, and also focuses on what’s next. In the HE sector, for example, a recently agreed Concordat is significantly simplifying data collection and quality assurance. Next steps will extend the Concordat to more organisations and professional bodies; seek to address issues of health education regulation; and, ensure that the implementation of Sandy Leitch’s recommendations in the HE sector is consistent with principles of good regulation.
In the schools sector, the New Relationship with Schools (NRwS) was formulated in response to a review of unnecessary bureaucracy. It aims, within the context of delivering school improvement and the five Every Child Matters outcomes, to: lift bureaucratic burdens that schools feel add nothing to their core purposes; remove confusion and irritation in schools as a result of the number and separateness of the initiatives coming at them (‘initiative overload’); improve accountability by helping schools identify priorities according to their needs, based on the evidence of their self-evaluation; and, restore schools’ sense of responsibility for their own actions.
And in FE, there have been a number of recent major reforms - a focus on simplification; the creation of a single inspectorate for FE and of an Information Authority, which sets standards and organises how information about FE is collected, managed and disseminated; the Managing Information Across Partners Programme, which is securing efficiencies by improving how information about learners and learning is shared across the whole education sector; the creation of a communications gateway for the FE System and the establishment of a Practitioner Panel to advise on the timing and content of publications – LSC has reduced by over 60% the number of its publications between January and March this year compared with the same time last year. The Department recognises and values the commitment shown by the members of the gatekeeping groups to helping the DfES and its delivery partners make a real difference for those at the frontline.
For the future, the big thing that will make a difference in FE is the move to self regulation. This offers the opportunity to further streamline and challenge.
Does leadership matter?
19/06/07 11:28 Filed in: Public
Administration
This paper aims to inform the
policy debate about political management and
governance reforms in English local government.
It draws on research evidence about the
experience of reform following the passing of
the Local Government 2000 Act and looks at the
possible implications of the proposals outlined
in the 2006 Local Government White Paper.
'What Works' in Community Cohesion
15/06/07 10:39 Filed in: Local
Partherships
This research investigates 'what
works' in terms of cohesion policy, by
investigating policy and practice in six case
study areas. The research was commissioned to
contribute to the on-going work of Communities
and Local Government and the Commission on
Integration and Cohesion.
Securing the Future Through Partnership and Innovation in the English Regions
14/06/07 10:35 Filed in: Local
Partherships | Public
Administration
This publication looks at some of
the innovative, ambitious and practical work
being done by regional partnerships to further
sustainable development.
Informing Healthier Choices: Information and Intelligence for Healthy Populations
11/06/07 19:02 Filed in: Health
The strategy sets out the
Department's vision for information and
intelligence to support implementation of the
public health white paper Choosing Health:
making healthier choices easier. It includes a
framework and an overview of plans for delivery.
Environment and Energy
05/06/07 17:24 Filed in: Environment
| Public
Administration
From: HM Government - Policy Review
The origin of the UK's energy supplies is changing. By 2020, the UK will be importing the majority of its gas and more than half its oil. Like other major energy-using countries, the UK is also set to become more dependent on a small number of suppliers in less stable parts of the world. Around a third of the country's electricity generation capacity will need to be replaced by 2025. At the same time, it is increasingly apparent that there is an extra cost to the exploitation of fossil fuels and natural resources and the changes in land use from which much of the global economy has drawn its income. The scientific advice is clear - human activity is altering our climate and, with it, the systems that support life on Earth. Read More...
The origin of the UK's energy supplies is changing. By 2020, the UK will be importing the majority of its gas and more than half its oil. Like other major energy-using countries, the UK is also set to become more dependent on a small number of suppliers in less stable parts of the world. Around a third of the country's electricity generation capacity will need to be replaced by 2025. At the same time, it is increasingly apparent that there is an extra cost to the exploitation of fossil fuels and natural resources and the changes in land use from which much of the global economy has drawn its income. The scientific advice is clear - human activity is altering our climate and, with it, the systems that support life on Earth. Read More...