§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he intends to create any new safer cities areas; and what are his plans for the existing safer cities areas after 31 March 1994.
§ Mr. JackThe safer cities programme was originally intended to create 20 local projects, all of which have now been established. We remain committed to doubling the number of safer cities projects to 40, when circumstances and resources enable us to do so.
The first 16 projects to have been established have already been guaranteed funding until March 1994. No decision has been made concerning their futures beyond that date. The four most recently established projects—in Derby, Hammersmith and Fulham, Leicester and Middlesbrough—are planned to continue in 1994–95.