16. To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the mechanisms and powers used to reduce levels of anti-social behaviour. (264810)

Independent reports confirm the effectiveness of ASB tools and powers, including the National Audit Office report that two thirds of people stop committing ASB after a single intervention, rising to nine out of 10 after three.

The British Crime Survey and Audit Commission Survey found that perceptions of ASB as a problem fell between 2003 and 2006.