Question follow-through · 10634

Fireworks: Anti-social Behaviour

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of launching a review of the antisocial use of fireworks in residential areas.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
22 Oct 2024
Target answer date
24 Oct 2024
Answer
30 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of launching a review of the antisocial use of fireworks in residential areas.

  2. 24 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 30 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides the police and local authorities with a range of flexible tools and powers that they can use to respond quickly and effectively to anti-social behaviour, including the misuse of fireworks.To ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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