Question follow-through · 46437

Anti-social Behaviour: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure police officers have adequate powers to tackle anti-social behaviour committed by people under 18 years old.

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
17 Apr 2025
Target answer date
23 Apr 2025
Answer
30 Apr 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure police officers have adequate powers to tackle anti-social behaviour committed by people under 18 years old.

  2. 23 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 30 Apr 2025

    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 they can use to respond to anti-social behaviour (ASB), including the civil injunction which can be iss...

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