HC Deb 09 March 1994 vol 239 cc233-4W
Dr. Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance he has issued as to the appropriate level of street lighting for inner-city areas for the purposes of combatting crime.

Mr. Key

Guidance has been published by the British Standards Institution, in BS5489 part 3: 1994: "Code of practice for lighting for subsidiary roads and associated pedestrian areas". A copy is in the Library. This standard classifies the lighting requirements for three categories of crime risk. The responsibility for lighting is with the appropriate local authority.