Question follow-through · 14215

Anti-social Behaviour: Public Spaces Protection Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of Public Space Protection Orders in reducing antisocial behaviours; and what the evidential basis of that assessment is.

answeredRichard TiceHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 13 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 18 Nov 2024
Answer: 28 Nov 2024 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

13 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of Public Space Protection Orders in reducing antisocial behaviours; and what the evidential basis of that assessment is.
18 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Nov 2024
Answer published
The Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides the police, local authorities and other local agencies with a range of tools and powers, including Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPO) that they can use to respond to anti-social behaviour...

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