Dozens banned from public buildings in East Riding

99 people have been barred from places like libraries and leisure centres since 2016

Author: Local Democracy Reporter, Joe GerrardPublished 30th Sep 2022

A ban for drunk and disorderly behaviour in an East Riding library is one of the reasons people have been barred from council buildings this year.

Figures from East Riding Council show four people have also been banned from local libraries due to criminal damage since 2016.

A total of 13 people have been banned from leisure centres for antisocial behaviour and one from a customer service centre for abusive behaviour since April, figures also showed.

It comes as figures from a freedom of information request showed 99 people were banned from East Riding libraries, leisure and customer service centres since 2016.

A total of 49 were banned from libraries, three from customer service centres and 47 from leisure centres.

Four people were banned from libraries in 2016-17, all for antisocial behaviour.

A total of 14 bans were issued the following year, 10 due to antisocial behaviour and four for criminal damage.

The following year, 2018-19, saw 19 people banned, 18 for antisocial behaviour and one due to ‘unacceptable behaviour.

The total fell to eight in 2019-29, all for antisocial behaviour, followed by one in 2020-21 due to unacceptable behaviour and none in 2021-22.

The ban from a library for drunk and disorderly behaviour was the first issued since the end of March this year.

The total of 13 people banned from East Riding leisure centres so far this year is the same number barred during the whole of 2021-22, all also for antisocial behaviour.

None were banned in 2018-19 but the following year 20 people were all banned for antisocial behaviour.

The total again dropped to zero in 2020-21, the same year that the coronavirus pandemic shuttered council and other public spaces with lockdowns.

No one was banned from any of the council’s destination sites which include attractions such as Sewerby Hall and Gardens.

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