Antisocial Behaviour: Mediation

(asked on 8th February 2023) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's statutory guidance entitled Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act: anti-social behaviour, updated in December 2022, what account she has taken of the potential effectiveness of mediation in assessing the use of powers to tackle anti-social behaviour.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 23rd February 2023

We provided the police, local authorities and other local agencies with a range of flexible tools and powers that they can use to respond quickly and effectively to ASB through the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (the ‘2014 Act’).

The statutory guidance makes clear on pages 27-28 that mediation can be sought as an informal intervention prior to using the powers and tools. It is also referenced throughout the guidance.

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