§ Dr. Twinnasked the Prime Minister if she will make a statement on co-ordination between the Home Office and other Departments on crime prevention.
§ The Prime MinisterCo-ordination between the Home Office and other Government Departments on crime prevention was given a fresh impetus through an interdepartmental group established in 1982 at permanent secretary level. Since 1982, the Home Office Standing Committee on Crime Prevention (now the Standing Conference on Crime Prevention) has included represen-tatives of other Government Departments. The Home Office Crime Prevention Unit, established in November 1983, has regard to the interests of other Government Departments as well as the police and local authorities in developing specific crime prevention initiatives.
In January 1984 a joint departmental circular to chief executives of local authorities and chief constables encouraged co-ordinated inter-agency crime prevention initiatives at local level.