£13m to help prevent antisocial behaviour

Ed Balls and Beverley Hughes have called for more Individual Support Orders (ISOs) to be given alongside ASBOs to help protect local communities from antisocial behaviour committed by young people. Individual Support Orders require young people to take the support they need to change their antisocial behaviour. They are not a soft option and alongside ASBOs deliver a tough package to make young offenders stop their antisocial behaviour and get the help they need to mend their ways. 52 local areas have been asked to bid for Challenge and Support projects and £13m will be available to help deliver them in the forthcoming Youth Taskforce Action Plan. Challenge and Support projects will intervene early at the first sign of problems like truancy, bad behaviour in school or contact with the police to stop future offenders.