HC Deb 23 July 1996 vol 282 cc176-8W
Mr. Win Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many schools in Wales applied for funding under the closed circuit television challenge competition; and what percentage of them were successful. [38879]

Mr. Maclean

[holding answer 22 July 1996]: There were 40 bids from Wales which included schools either solely or as an element. Eight of these—20 per cent.—were successful.

Mr. Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much money his Department contributed towards each of the projects in Wales which were successful in the closed circuit television competition this year; and what percentage this was of the total cost of each project. [38877]

Mr. Maclean

[holding answer 22 July 1996]: The information is contained in the table.

Home Office CCTV challenge competition 1996–97 Winners in Wales
Name of bid Amount awarded (£) Percentage of total Total capital cost of scheme
Aberystwyth town centre and station 62,000 47.7 130,000
Bryn Hafren comprehensive school, Barry 1 26,620 75 35,493
Glan Ely high school, Cardiff1 25,200 75 33,600
Llanrumney high school, Cardiff1 27,651 75 36,868
Cardiff high school1 21,546 75 28,728
Cardigan town centre 31,500 48.5 65,000
Derwendeg primary school, Caerphilly1 4,000 66.7 6,000
Llandudno town centre 130,500 37.3 350,000
Llangefni town centre, Anglesey 27,000 49.1 55,000
Gurnos housing estate, hospital, shops, school and two business estates, Merthyr Tydfil 217,500 61.3 355,000
Blaenbaglan primary school, Neath and Port Talbot1 12,072 75 16,096
Dwr-Y-Felin lower school, Neath and Port Talbot 1 10,538 75 14,051
Penarth town centre 59,000 47.6 124,000
Swansea enterprise park 71,500 47.67 150,000
Total 726,627 51,9 1,399,836
1 Welsh Office contirbuted funds for these schemes.

Mr. Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he took to inform eligible organisations in Wales of the closed circuit television challenge competition; what intermediaries were used in the information and distribution process; who received the information; what percentage of those receiving the information participated in the challenge competition; and what percentage of them were successful. [38878]

Mr. Maclean

[holding answer 22 July 1996]: The closed circuit television challenge competition 1996–97 was officially launched at a press conference on 22 November 1995, which received wide coverage. On the same day, copies of the bidding guidance were sent to all chief executives of county councils and district councils; to all chief officers of police and clerks to police authorities; and to all chief probation officers in England and Wales. Copies were also sent to crime prevention officers in every police force area, and to everyone who submitted a bid to the previous CCTV challenge competition. Further copies were sent to anyone who requested one and we are aware that others were distributed by local copying. No complete list of recipients were kept. There were a total of 64 bids from Wales; 8.1 per cent. of the total number of bids received. Fourteen of these were successful 5.4 per cent. of all successful bids.