§ 27. Mr. Colin ShepherdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps his Department is taking to combat street robbery; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. John PattenThe police give high priority to dealing with street robbery. We are concentrating resources on certain urban high-crime areas through our safer cities programme, and we have produced a crime prevention handbook which contains advice on how members of the public can reduce the risk of being attacked; nearly 2.5 million copies of it have been distributed.