Written Question·Home Office·UIN 88093

Anti-social Behaviour

Tabled: 4 November 2025
Answered: 18 November 2025

Question

Darren Paffey

LabourSouthampton Itchen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) reducing the threshold for a further closure order when a closure order under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 has b

Answer

Sarah Jones
The closure power can be used by the police and councils to close premises which are being used, or are likely to be used, to commit nuisance or disorder.The closure order is a powerful tool which can restrict access to premises. The closure order can be ...

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