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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

1282107

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2021
	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 estimate she has made of the proportion of police time spent dealing with instances of anti-social behaviour in each month since January 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
	tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
	uin	145890
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>The Home office does not collect data on the number of police cautions issued for anti-social behaviour and has not estimated what proportion of time police officers spend dealing with anti-social behaviour incidents</p><p>It is for Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners, as operational leaders and elected local representatives, to decide how best to respond to individual crimes and local priorities</p><p>To help ensure that the police have the resources they need to do so we have given them the biggest funding increase in a decade and 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 North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 145888 question first answered 03/02/2021 15:42:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones

1281803

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2021
	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, how many instances of anti-social behaviour were reported to the police in England and Wales in each month from January 2020 to January 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
	tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
	uin	145184
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office collects information on the number of incidents of Anti-social behaviour recorded by the police in England and Wales. This is published annually by the Office for National Statistics in Table P9 of its Police Force Area tables. The latest available data for 2019/20 including trends back to 2007/08 can be found here:</p><p>https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/policeforceareadatatables</p><p>Information below Police Force Area level is not held centrally.</p><p>Data is currently only collected by the Home Office from police forces on a quarterly basis, so it is not possible to provide monthly breakdowns.</p><p>The Home office does not currently collect data on the number of Criminal Behaviour Orders issued.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 145183 145185 question first answered 02/02/2021 16:59:11 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones

1402090

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2022
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of trends in the levels of antisocial behaviour.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL5342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 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 communities. The 'Beating Crime Plan' published on 27 July 2021 laid out the Government’s commitment to working with local agencies and partners to drive down anti-social behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>The <em>Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 </em>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 of each individual case.</p><p> </p><p>Police recorded incidents do show a fall in ASB since 2013/2014 from around 2.1m to 1.8m incidents in the year to June 2020/2021.</p><p> </p><p>Home Office statutory guidance, which was updated last year, supports all local agencies in using the powers from the <em>Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 </em>and in taking the multi-agency approach that is needed to tackle and prevent anti-social behaviour in a way that takes account of the needs of the victim and the wider community</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 25/01/2022 17:03:03 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1673252

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2023
	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, with reference to paragraph 60 g) of the Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan, published by his Department on 27 March 2023, whether that stakeholder engagement has been completed; which stakeholders were consulted; and if he will publish the results of the engagement.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	uin	3869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>‘Cuckooing’ is most commonly associated with the county lines drug distribution model. That’s why, as part of our ambitious 10-year Drugs Strategy, we are investing up to £145m over three years to tackle drugs supply and county lines activity, taking action against county lines holders and safeguarding children and vulnerable people.</p><p>The targeted stakeholder engagement exercise, announced as part of the Government’s Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan in March 2023, was conducted over the spring/summer of this year. Officials engaged on the potential merits and scope of a new offence to tackle cuckooing with a variety of key stakeholders such as the police, CJS partners, local authorities, other Government departments, specialists in the field which included academics and NGOs, and the Devolved Governments.</p><p>The results of the engagement exercise revealed there are a range of powers and tools available to disrupt cuckooing activity and officials continue to work closely with police and wider partners to both raise awareness of cuckooing and share effective practice to tackle this abhorrent practice.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 04/12/2023 16:17:39 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1459886

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2022
	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 the adequacy of police responses to reports of antisocial behaviour.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	906564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>We have ensured that police have flexible tools and powers to tackle ASB through the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. They decide how best to deploy these powers depending on the specific circumstances. The Home Office provides statutory guidance which supports police to make effective use of these powers.</p><p>Last week I was delighted to chair a roundtable with PCCs to share best practice in responding to ASB.</p><p>I was also thrilled to read about the operation led by Lancaster Police to crack down on ASB in the city centre.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 25/04/2022 15:31:21 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

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

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

1356249

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2021
	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) each of the last five years and (ii) during the covid-19 outbreak; 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	50680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2021 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 communities. The <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1006825/Crime-Plan-accessible-version_2.pdf" target="_blank">Beating Crime Plan</a> published on 27 July laid out the Government’s commitment to working with local agencies and partners to drive down anti-social behaviour.</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. As the powers are local in nature, the Home Office only collects data at Police Force Area level and not at lower levels of geography.</p><p>ASB police recorded 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 also fell (24%) pre-Covid-19 but to a lesser degree than in West Midlands. ASB police recorded incidents have increased during the pandemic. A large part of this increase is associated to police recording reports of breaches of the public health regulations as ASB, many of which would not be considered ASB in normal times.</p><p>Home Office <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F956143%2FASB_Statutory_Guidance.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKunal.Chavda1%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C3d3d1c4194274db727db08d962e59515%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637649560533072421%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=DWuaVrwk9B6oe6G7Ds5mS7AhPD%2BFQZk8Rh%2FQ5dVK8dA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">statutory guidance</a> which was updated this year, supports all local agencies in using the powers from the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 and in taking the multi-agency approach that is needed to tackle and prevent anti-social behaviour in a way that takes account of the needs of the victim and the wider community.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 21/09/2021 16:16:39 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1186934

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2020
	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	What steps she is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	901693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>We are committed to protect communities from the menace of anti-social behaviour. That is why we have enhanced the powers available to tackle anti-social behaviour through the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.</p><p>The powers are flexible, allowing local areas to tailor their response according to the circumstances. They are best-placed to understand their communities’ needs and the most appropriate response.</p><p>We keep anti-social behaviour under review through the ASB Strategic Board which brings together key partners.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 23/03/2020 17:28:50 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn