Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of public spaces protection orders introduced under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.

The Government has not undertaken an assessment of Public Spaces Protection Orders.

The powers in the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 are kept under review through the Anti-social Behaviour Advisory Group which we established to provide a forum to discuss the use of the powers with a range of police officers, local authorities, charities and government departments. We also published refreshed statutory guidance for frontline professionals on the use of these powers on 24 December 2017.