Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of police responses to reports of antisocial behaviour.

We have ensured that police have flexible tools and powers to tackle ASB through the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. They decide how best to deploy these powers depending on the specific circumstances. The Home Office provides statutory guidance which supports police to make effective use of these powers.

Last week I was delighted to chair a roundtable with PCCs to share best practice in responding to ASB.

I was also thrilled to read about the operation led by Lancaster Police to crack down on ASB in the city centre.