Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps his Department has taken to help tackle anti-social behaviour in Dewsbury constituency.

On 27 March 2023, the Government launched the Anti-social Behaviour Action Plan https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/anti-social-behaviour-action-plan ensuring the police, local authorities and other relevant agencies have the tools and powers they need to tackle anti-social behaviour.

The plan is backed by £160m of funding and includes supporting the provision of Immediate Justice, by issuing out of court disposals with conditions to swiftly repair any damage. This has started in 10 initial trailblazer police force areas, including West Yorkshire. In addition, we are funding a police and other uniformed presence to clamp down on anti-social behaviour, targeting hotspots. Initially we are working with 10 police force areas, but we will be rolling this enforcement approach across every police force area in England and Wales later this year.

The Office for National Statistics annually publishes anti-social behaviour incidents reported to the Police by Police Force Area and Community Safety Partnership. The latest available data covering year to March 2023 can be found here:

Crime in England and Wales: Police Force Area data tables - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk) (Table P12 for England and West Yorkshire police force area figures).

Recorded crime data by Community Safety Partnership area - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk) (Tables C6 and C7 for Kirklees Community Safety Partnership (CSP) figures, which include the area of Dewsbury).