Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help local authorities work with local police forces to tackle antisocial behaviour.

The Government introduced a range of flexible tools and powers for local agencies, including local authorities and police forces, to tackle anti-social behaviour through the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.

These powers are deliberately local in nature. Local authorities, Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners can decide how they use the powers within the Act and how best to work with each other in responding to anti-social behaviour priorities.

Home Office statutory guidance, which was updated this year, supports all local agencies to take the multi-agency approach that is needed to tackle anti-social behaviour in a way that takes account of the needs of the victim and the wider community.

The Home Office and I are very proud to support Anti-social Behaviour Awareness Week which begins on 19th July.

I have also recently written to all local authorities this week to remind them of their duties around the Community Trigger process and the importance of taking a multi-agency approach to ensure that anti-social behaviour incidents are dealt with efficiently so local communities do not suffer through ASB and feel safe within their neighbourhood.