FOI request (FOI-93988597)

Anti-social behaviour

Requested Thu 01 November 2018
Responded  Mon 12 November 2018

Q1. Please confirm (a yes/no for each category will suffice) whether the council has, in the last three financial years, plus the current financial year to date, used any or all of the nine following enforcement measures to tackle anti-social behaviour in the area: 1) CBOs to address anti-social behaviour 2) Controlled Drinking Zones in place 3) issue Community Protection Notices 4) Dispersal Orders in particular areas 5) Injunctions to Prevent Nuisance and Annoyance 6) the Vagrancy Act to make arrests 7) operate Diverted Giving schemes 8)Public Space Protection Orders 9) employ defensive architecture

Q2. Please confirm (a yes/no for each category will suffice) whether the council has, in the last three financial years, plus the current financial year to date, used any, or all of the same enforcement measures to deal with rough sleeping/homelessness in the area.

Q3. For any yes answers to the above question please provide context, if available, as to how the powers have been used, to what extent (numerical data or anecdotal) and with what purpose.

Q4. Please also provide yes or no answers for each of the nine categories as to whether the council has any future plans to use any, or all, of the same measures to tackle rough sleeping in your area.

Response

Q1:

1 - No

2 - This ceased in on 12 June 2017 and was replaced by PSPO please visit: https://www.hastings.gov.uk/my_community/community_safety/pspo/

3 - Yes

4/5/6 - No, Information not held, this is the responsibility of Sussex Police.

7 - None

8 - Yes, please visit https://www.hastings.gov.uk/my_community/community_safety/pspo/

9 - No

Q2 - Q4:

None for all 9 categories, Hastings Borough Council does not use these powers or measures to deal with rough sleeping/homelessness.