§ 3. Mr. Hickmetasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the progress of his major crime prevention initiatives.
§ Mr. HurdWe are making substantial progress over a very wide range of crime prevention initiatives. We are encouraged by the broad span of organisations and bodies in all sectors which have recognised the possibilities and are taking action. Some 6,000 places on a variety of good local projects have so far been approved under the crime prevention and community programme initiative. Our five towns initiative, where programmes have been developed from detailed area crime profiles, will show practical measures which can be applied elsewhere. There will be further projects in other areas.