Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has considered amending the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 to allow county councils to issue closure notices and apply directly for closure orders.

The closure power, under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, enables police or local councils to quickly close premises which are causing or likely to cause nuisance or disorder.

County councils may already issue a closure notice and apply directly for closure orders in England and Wales providing that there is no district council in the area.

This Goverment keeps all legislative options under review.