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1551580

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Anti-social Behaviour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the levels of anti-social behaviour incidents in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022; and what (A) financial and (B) other steps her Department is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour in those areas.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	110731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling crime and anti-social behaviour (ASB). Last year the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1015382/Crime-plan-v10.pdf" target="_blank">Beating Crime Plan</a> laid out the Government’s plan for tackling crime and ASB and committed to working with local agencies and partners to drive down ASB using the full range of powers and tools in the ‘2014 Act’.</p><p>We provided the police, local authorities and other local agencies with a range of flexible tools and powers that they can use to respond quickly and effectively to ASB through the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. It is for local areas to decide how best to deploy these powers depending on the specific circumstances.</p><p>The Home Office announced in March this year that ASB would be one of the primary crime and issue types being targeted in the next rounds of the Safer Streets Fund. This funding goes towards local projects aimed at increasing the safety of public spaces for all with a particular focus on addressing neighbourhood crime, anti-social behaviour and tackling violence against women and girls. At the end of July, we announced the outcome of Round Four of the Safer Streets Fund, investing an additional £50 million and supporting 111 projects across England and Wales.</p><p>We are committed to ensuring that policing has the resources it needs to cut crime and increasing the number of police officers by 20,000 by March 2023. These 20,000 additional officers will be on top of recruitment to cover retirement and those leaving the police.</p><p>It is for Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners, as operational leaders and elected local representatives respectively, to decide how best to respond to local priorities.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 110732 question first answered 19/12/2022 16:41:16 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1524324

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Anti-social Behaviour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of anti-social behaviour in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency, (b) North Staffordshire, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each of the last three years; and what steps his Department is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour in those areas.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Aaron Bell
uin	67263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling and preventing anti-social behaviour (ASB). We know the serious impact that persistent ASB can have on both individuals and the wider community. Last year the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1015382/Crime-plan-v10.pdf" target="_blank"><em>Beating Crime Plan</em></a> laid out the Government’s plan for tackling crime and ASB and committed to working with local agencies and partners to drive down ASB using the full range of powers and tools in the<em> ‘2014 Act’</em>.</p><p>The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides a range of flexible tools and powers to local agencies to tackle anti-social behaviour. Local areas decide how best to deploy these powers depending on the specific circumstances. The Office for National Statistics annually publishes anti-social behaviour incidents reported to the police by Police Force Area and no further lower level breakdown is currently available.</p><p>Police recorded ASB incidents for the West Midlands were on a steady decline pre-Covid-19 with a 40% fall in 2019-20 when compared with 2016-17. The overall number of ASB incidents in England &amp; Wales also fell (24%) pre-Covid-19 but to a lesser degree than in West Midlands. The year to March 2022 reports a drop in ASB incidents for both England &amp; Wales (-6%) and West Midlands (-17%) when compared to the 2019-20 (pre-Covid-19) period.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 27/10/2022 15:06:14 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4837 label Biography information for Aaron Bell

1521973

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Anti-social Behaviour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle anti-social behaviour.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
uin	63053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling and preventing anti-social behaviour (ASB). We know the serious impact that persistent ASB can have on both individuals and the wider community.</p><p>We provided the police, local authorities and other local agencies with a range of flexible tools and powers that they can use to respond quickly and effectively to ASB through the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.</p><p>It is for local areas to decide how best to deploy these powers depending on the specific circumstances. They are best placed to understand what is driving the behaviour in question, the impact that it is having, and to determine the most appropriate response.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 18/10/2022 11:51:49 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood

1505077

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Anti-social Behaviour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of anti-social behaviour in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each of the last three years; and what steps her Department is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour in those areas.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	47562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling and preventing anti-social behaviour (ASB). We know the serious impact that persistent ASB can have on both individuals and the wider community. Last year the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1015382/Crime-plan-v10.pdf" target="_blank"><em>Beating Crime Plan</em></a> laid out the Government’s plan for tackling crime and ASB and committed to working with local agencies and partners to drive down ASB using the full range of powers and tools in the<em> ‘2014 Act’</em>.</p><p>The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides a range of flexible tools and powers to local agencies to tackle anti-social behaviour. Local areas decide how best to deploy these powers depending on the specific circumstances. The Office for National Statistics annually publishes anti-social behaviour incidents reported to the police by Police Force Area and no further lower level breakdown is currently available.</p><p>Police recorded ASB incidents for West Midlands were on a steady decline pre-Covid-19 with a 40% fall in 2019-20 when compared to 2016-17. The overall number of ASB incidents in England &amp; Wales also fell (24%) pre-Covid-19 but to a lesser degree than in West Midlands. The year to March 2022 reports a drop in ASB incidents for both England &amp; Wales (-6%) and West Midlands (-17%) when compared to the 2019-20 (pre-Covid-19) period.</p><p>Home Office statutory guidance, which was updated this year, supports local areas to make effective use of these powers, setting out the importance of focusing on the needs of the victim and the local community, as well as ensuring that the relevant legal tests are met.</p><p>The Home Office announced in March that ASB would be one of the primary crime and issue types being targeted in the next rounds of the Safer Streets Fund. We announced the outcome of Round Four of the Safer Streets Fund in July, investing £50 million to support 111 projects across England and Wales, aimed at increasing the safety of public spaces for all with a particular focus on addressing neighbourhood crime, anti-social behaviour and tackling violence against women and girls.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 08/09/2022 16:53:21 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1503317

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Anti-social Behaviour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that anti-social behaviour is recorded consistently across the country.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	44964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling and preventing anti-social behaviour (ASB). We know the serious impact that persistent anti-social behaviour can have on both individuals and communities.</p><p>We monitor the national statistics on ASB through police recorded crime incident data and the Crime Survey for England and Wales, which presents people’s perceptions of levels of ASB. Given the localised nature of ASB, we do not currently plan to introduce a national standard for the reporting of ASB or create a national database.</p><p>We do, however, keep ASB under review through the Anti-social Behaviour Strategic Board which brings together a range of partners from key agencies and other Government departments to discuss ASB issues and share best practice. We have recently published multi-agency principles, endorsed by the Board, which seek to describe a consistent approach to addressing ASB in local communities and to ensure a strong and effective partnership response to anti-social behaviour, including local reporting and referral pathways.</p><p>Recommendations from Part Two of the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Review were published on Monday 7 March 2022. The overall package strengthens and expands the role of PCCs. We want to ensure that PCCs have sufficient tools and levers to more effectively scrutinise and challenge partnership activity on ASB. To do this, PCCs should be able to bring partners together on ASB, direct local ASB strategy and request local data on ASB.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 45157 45158 question first answered 20/09/2022 17:24:03 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1503451

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Anti-social Behaviour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of creating a national database to record acts of anti-social behaviour.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	45157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling and preventing anti-social behaviour (ASB). We know the serious impact that persistent anti-social behaviour can have on both individuals and communities.</p><p>We monitor the national statistics on ASB through police recorded crime incident data and the Crime Survey for England and Wales, which presents people’s perceptions of levels of ASB. Given the localised nature of ASB, we do not currently plan to introduce a national standard for the reporting of ASB or create a national database.</p><p>We do, however, keep ASB under review through the Anti-social Behaviour Strategic Board which brings together a range of partners from key agencies and other Government departments to discuss ASB issues and share best practice. We have recently published multi-agency principles, endorsed by the Board, which seek to describe a consistent approach to addressing ASB in local communities and to ensure a strong and effective partnership response to anti-social behaviour, including local reporting and referral pathways.</p><p>Recommendations from Part Two of the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Review were published on Monday 7 March 2022. The overall package strengthens and expands the role of PCCs. We want to ensure that PCCs have sufficient tools and levers to more effectively scrutinise and challenge partnership activity on ASB. To do this, PCCs should be able to bring partners together on ASB, direct local ASB strategy and request local data on ASB.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 44964 45158 question first answered 20/09/2022 17:24:03 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin previous answer version 19159 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1503452

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Anti-social Behaviour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of having a national standard for the reporting of anti-social behaviour.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	45158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling and preventing anti-social behaviour (ASB). We know the serious impact that persistent anti-social behaviour can have on both individuals and communities.</p><p>We monitor the national statistics on ASB through police recorded crime incident data and the Crime Survey for England and Wales, which presents people’s perceptions of levels of ASB. Given the localised nature of ASB, we do not currently plan to introduce a national standard for the reporting of ASB or create a national database.</p><p>We do, however, keep ASB under review through the Anti-social Behaviour Strategic Board which brings together a range of partners from key agencies and other Government departments to discuss ASB issues and share best practice. We have recently published multi-agency principles, endorsed by the Board, which seek to describe a consistent approach to addressing ASB in local communities and to ensure a strong and effective partnership response to anti-social behaviour, including local reporting and referral pathways.</p><p>Recommendations from Part Two of the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Review were published on Monday 7 March 2022. The overall package strengthens and expands the role of PCCs. We want to ensure that PCCs have sufficient tools and levers to more effectively scrutinise and challenge partnership activity on ASB. To do this, PCCs should be able to bring partners together on ASB, direct local ASB strategy and request local data on ASB.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 44964 45157 question first answered 20/09/2022 17:24:03 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1503621

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Anti-social Behaviour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) relevant stakeholders on the potential merits of introducing standardised national measuring of levels of anti-social behaviour.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	45303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling and preventing anti-social behaviour (ASB). As set out in the Beating Crime Plan, we are working with local areas to ensure the powers under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, including the Community Trigger, are being implemented effectively and have recently updated Home Office statutory guidance, which supports local areas to make effective use of the powers.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office chairs the Anti-Social Behaviour Strategic Board which brings together key partners from relevant bodies across policing, local government and NGOs, and other Government departments, to discuss any arising ASB issues and share best practice. We do not routinely publish the dates of meetings, minutes nor names of those who attend this board.</p><p> </p><p>We have recently published multi-agency principles which seek to describe a consistent approach to addressing ASB in local communities. The principles are intended to act as a guide in seeking to deliver the best possible outcomes for victims of ASB and we encourage local assessment on how processes and practices compare to the standard outlined in the principles. The principles were drafted and endorsed by the ASB Strategic Board who also wrote out to relevant organisations including police forces, local authorities and housing associations for feedback on the draft principles. We have provided partners with a Q&amp;A document to support implementation of the ASB Principles. In line with usual practice, we do not propose to publish drafts of documents or other material prepared as part of the development of the Principles.</p><p> </p><p>No additional funding will be available for implementing the principles however, the Safer Streets Fund aims to support local areas in preventing and tackling neighbourhood crime, ASB and violence against women and girls. Bidding for the fourth round has now closed but we look forward to seeing how relevant successful projects incorporate the principles into their activity.</p><p> </p><p>We monitor the national statistics on ASB through the police recorded crime incident data and the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW), which presents people’s perception of the levels of ASB. Given the localised nature of ASB, we do not currently plan to introduce standardised national measuring of levels of ASB, however the multi-agency principles included local reporting and referral pathways. Recommendations from Part Two of the Police and Crime Commissioner Review were published on Monday 7 March 2022. The overall package strengthens and expands the role of PCCs. We want to ensure that PCCs have sufficient tools and levers to more effectively scrutinise and challenge partnership activity on ASB. To do this, PCCs should be able to bring partners together on ASB, direct local ASB strategy and request local data on ASB.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 45394 45397 45401 45405 45410 45412 45415 45418 45421 45429 45432 45436 question first answered 20/09/2022 15:08:50 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1503698

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Anti-social Behaviour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether territorial forces are able to apply for additional funding to tackle anti-social behaviour.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Jacob Young
uin	45357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>Safer Streets Round 4 was launched on 18 March and was open to Police and Crime Commissioners, local authorities, British Transport Police and eligible civil society organisations across England and Wales to submit bids. This latest round combined and expanded on Rounds One, Two and Three of the Safer Streets Fund, and the Safety of Women at Night Fund, and targets neighbourhood crime, violence against women and girls, and anti-social behaviour as a primary focus for the first time.</p><p>The bidding for round 4 has now closed and on 25 July the Government announced £50 million funding for 111 projects. This includes 83 projects which will deliver a wide range of interventions to tackle ASB, including: outreach and diversionary activities; educational programmes; professional development courses; ‘street scene’ enhancements; behavioural change campaigns; additional CCTV cameras; and multi-agency training.</p><p>Police forces have also received funding to recruit additional officers. We have given forces the biggest funding increase in a decade and they are recruiting 20,000 additional officers by March 2023, which provides extra resource to protect the public and keep us safe.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 21/09/2022 10:47:06 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin previous answer version 19137 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young

1503732

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Anti-social Behaviour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there will be sanctions against (a) Police forces, (b) local authorities, (c) relevant agencies and (d) individuals that do not follow the Anti-social Behaviour principles, published on 20 July 2022.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	45412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling and preventing anti-social behaviour (ASB). As set out in the Beating Crime Plan, we are working with local areas to ensure the powers under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, including the Community Trigger, are being implemented effectively and have recently updated Home Office statutory guidance, which supports local areas to make effective use of the powers.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office chairs the Anti-Social Behaviour Strategic Board which brings together key partners from relevant bodies across policing, local government and NGOs, and other Government departments, to discuss any arising ASB issues and share best practice. We do not routinely publish the dates of meetings, minutes nor names of those who attend this board.</p><p> </p><p>We have recently published multi-agency principles which seek to describe a consistent approach to addressing ASB in local communities. The principles are intended to act as a guide in seeking to deliver the best possible outcomes for victims of ASB and we encourage local assessment on how processes and practices compare to the standard outlined in the principles. The principles were drafted and endorsed by the ASB Strategic Board who also wrote out to relevant organisations including police forces, local authorities and housing associations for feedback on the draft principles. We have provided partners with a Q&amp;A document to support implementation of the ASB Principles. In line with usual practice, we do not propose to publish drafts of documents or other material prepared as part of the development of the Principles.</p><p> </p><p>No additional funding will be available for implementing the principles however, the Safer Streets Fund aims to support local areas in preventing and tackling neighbourhood crime, ASB and violence against women and girls. Bidding for the fourth round has now closed but we look forward to seeing how relevant successful projects incorporate the principles into their activity.</p><p> </p><p>We monitor the national statistics on ASB through the police recorded crime incident data and the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW), which presents people’s perception of the levels of ASB. Given the localised nature of ASB, we do not currently plan to introduce standardised national measuring of levels of ASB, however the multi-agency principles included local reporting and referral pathways. Recommendations from Part Two of the Police and Crime Commissioner Review were published on Monday 7 March 2022. The overall package strengthens and expands the role of PCCs. We want to ensure that PCCs have sufficient tools and levers to more effectively scrutinise and challenge partnership activity on ASB. To do this, PCCs should be able to bring partners together on ASB, direct local ASB strategy and request local data on ASB.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 45303 45394 45397 45401 45405 45410 45415 45418 45421 45429 45432 45436 question first answered 20/09/2022 15:08:50 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones