Written Question·Home Office·UIN 107248

Anti-social Behaviour

Tabled: 20 January 2026

Answered: 26 January 2026

Named Day

Question

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help county councils in using closure notices and closure orders under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.

Answer

Sarah Jones

The closure power, under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, enables police or local councils to quickly close premises which are causing or likely to cause nuisance or disorder.County councils may issue a closure notice and apply dire...

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