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What recent progress her Department has made on tackling antisocial behaviour.

Tabled: 13 February 2025Answered: 24 February 2025

Asked by

Alice Macdonald

Labour (Co-op)Norwich North

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for the Home Department

Answer from Hansard

The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Yvette Cooper)

May I support you, Mr Speaker, in your words about the people of Ukraine on the third anniversary of the invasion, including those who are here in the UK through the Homes for Ukraine scheme? Too many communities are blighted by antisocial behaviour, which has increased over the past 10 years while neighbourhood policing was heavily cut. That is why this Government’s plan for change means putting neighbourhood police back on the beat in our town centres and communities, and stronger powers in our crime and policing Bill—to be introduced tomorrow—to tackle off-road bikes, repeat offenders and shop theft.