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<p>The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides the police and
local authorities with flexible tools and powers they can use to respond quickly and
effectively to anti-social behaviour (ASB). The powers in the 2014 Act are local in
nature, and it is for local agencies to determine whether their use is appropriate
in the specific circumstances.</p><p>It is for Chief Constables and PCCs, as operational
leaders and elected local representatives, to decide how best to respond to local
crime priorities, but to help ensure that the police have the resources they need,
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><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 fourth and fifth
rounds of the Safer Streets Fund. This is a total of £150m over two rounds which aims
to support local areas in preventing and tackling neighbourhood crimes, ASB and violence
against women and girls. As part of this, the Home Office welcomes innovative bids
relating to community-based projects and early intervention.</p><p>Violence Reduction
Units are delivering a range of early intervention and prevention programmes to divert
people away from a life of crime, and have reached 100,000 young people in year one
alone. In addition, we are providing £200m through the 10-year Youth Endowment Fund
to prevent a cohort of children and young people at highest risk of involvement in
serious violence from becoming involved in crime and violence, including reoffending;
to reduce the numbers of children and young people becoming perpetrators and victims
of crime; and to reduce offending and re-offending in the target cohort across other
crime types.</p><p>Also, the Government is investing £560 million in youth services
in England over the next 3 years, including the Youth Investment Fund, to transform
the Government’s offer for young people and level up opportunities right across the
country.</p><p> </p>
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