Written question asked by Philip Hollobone (Conservative) on Wednesday, 21 November 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 26 November 2007. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Monday, 21 January 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.

Antisocial Behaviour

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents of antisocial behaviour were reported to the Respect Task Force in each of the last three years.

Answer: The Home Office does not record incidents of antisocial behaviour. Any such incidents are usually reported to the police, local authority, landlord or other frontline agency public whose task it is to deal directly with that problem. However, in common with many other Government Departments, for example Communities and Local Government or the Ministry of Justice, we do receive representations from members of the public, direct or through their Member of Parliament, about our policies in the field of antisocial behaviour. We received over 2,000 such letters and e-mails in the three years from 2005 to 2007.

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