Written Question·Home Office·UIN 45976

Organised Crime

Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 24 April 2025
Named Day

Question

Shaun Davies

LabourTelford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the merits of providing local councils with the power to close premises where serious and organised crime has been detected by (a) landlords and (b) those renting

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
Local authorities may already use the closure power under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, to close premises quickly which are being used, or are likely to be used, to commit nuisance or disorder. Courts may in turn grant a Closure ...

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