Written Question·Home Office·UIN 45976
Organised Crime
Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 24 April 2025
Named DayQuestion
Shaun Davies
Labour — Telford
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 JohnsonLocal 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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