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Written question asked by Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Conservative) on Wednesday, 26 April 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 2 May 2006. It was answered by Hazel Blears (Labour) on Wednesday, 3 May 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.

Crime (Peterborough)

Question
(2) what progress is being made with the Government's Respect Agenda in the Peterborough constituency; and if he will make a statement.
Answer

Peterborough is one of 50 Action Areas in the country where the local authority, police and other agencies have agreed to provide a high level response to tackling antisocial behaviour.Peterborough Youth Offending Service works closely with Cambridgeshire Constabulary on a range of strategies and partnerships to reduce crime and antisocial behaviour by young people. These include the Prolific and Priority Offender (PPO) Strategy, joint work to reduce vehicle crime and criminal damage by young people, Safer School Partnerships (police in schools), and the monitoring of high risk young people on community sentences. In addition, Peterborough Youth Offending Service is working with the police on a Knife Amnesty and Weapons Awareness Week (w/c 20 May) in support of the National Knife Amnesty.The Police have made effective use of dispersal powers to tackle youth crime and have used these most recently in the Gladstone Street area of the town. Police will use these powers to move people on from this area when they are behaving in an antisocial way. In all cases of youth disorder the young person will be referred to an antisocial behaviour support worker, which will ensure that young people are provided with both support and enforcement to tackle and change bad behaviour.The Respect Action Plan is central to the Government's drive to go broader, deeper and further on antisocial behaviour by tackling its root causes; preventing it occurring in the first place for example by ensuring better parenting provision, while not letting up on stopping antisocial behaviour that blights many communities. The Respect Task Force is currently working with all Action Areas on ensuring they understand their new enhanced responsibilities in delivering the Respect Action Plan. Key partners from Peterborough will be invited to attend the forthcoming Respect Academies to hear more about how the Action Plan can best be implemented.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
67444; 445 c1614-5W;445 c1614-5W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Crime Peterborough
Link
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