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Barbecues: Public Spaces Protection Orders

Commons · Question 55202 · Tabled 30 May 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 10 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Lisa Smart

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of (a) support and (b) guidance provided to local authorities on the use of Public Spaces Protection Orders to prevent the use of disposable barbecues

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 10 Jun 2025

The Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides the police, local authorities and other local agencies with a range of tools and powers they can use to respond to anti-social behaviour (ASB), including the Public Spaces Protection Order (P...