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<p>On 27 March, the Government published its Anti-social Behaviour (ASB) Action Plan.
The ASB Action Plan commits to tackling ASB across five key themes: stronger punishment,
making communities safer, building local pride, prevention and early intervention,
improving data, reporting and accountability for action.</p><p>This plan is backed
by £160m of funding. This includes up to £60m to fund an increased police and other
uniformed presence to clamp down on anti-social behaviour, targeting hotspots. Initially
we will work with 10 police force areas, but from 2024 will support a hotspot approach
across every police force area in England and Wales.</p><p>We are also providing up
to £50m to support the provision of Immediate Justice, by issuing out of court disposals
with conditions to swiftly repair any damage – the aim being for them to start within
48 hours of the offence. This will start in 10 initial trailblazer police force areas
and be rolled out nationally in 2024.</p><p>The plan includes up to £2m to supercharge
use of High Street Rental Auctions which will allow local authorities to sell off
the rental rights for empty properties to willing tenants, with financial support
to make sure that areas which need this the most are not priced out by prohibitive
refurbishment costs to bring the properties up to standard.</p><p>We are providing
up to £2.5 million to pilot High Street Accelerators in up to 10 areas which will
incentivise and empower local people to work together to develop ambitious plans to
tackle vacancy and reinvent their high streets so that they are fit for the future.</p><p>Humberside
police force has recruited 365 additional uplift police officers against a total three-year
allocation of 322 officers, as at 31 March 2023.</p><p>Humberside’s funding will be
up to £231.7m in 2023/24, an increase of up to £7.9m when compared to 2022/23.</p>
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