Public Spaces Protection Orders
(asked on 27th February 2023) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of public spaces protection orders.
This question was answered on 6th March 2023
Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs) are designed to stop individuals or groups committing anti-social behaviour in a public space.
Several local authorities have imposed PSPOs outside of abortion clinics. Decisions regarding restrictions imposed are for the local authority which is required to consider people’s rights under the European Convention.