Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of whether local authorities have sufficient power to tackle anti-social behaviour.

The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides the police, local authorities and other local agencies with a range of flexible powers, to respond quickly and effectively to different forms of anti-social and nuisance behaviour. The Government refreshed its statutory guidance for frontline practitioners on the use of the powers in December 2017, providing greater clarity on how best to use the powers appropriately and proportionately.

The Home Office keeps the sufficiency of the powers under review through a national Anti-social Behaviour Strategic Board which brings together a range of partners and representatives from key agencies.