HC Deb 26 April 1999 vol 330 c73W
34. Mr. Bill O'Brien

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on progress in establishing local crime and disorder strategies. [80985]

35. Mr. Casale

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on progress in establishing local crime and disorder strategies. [80987]

Mr. Boateng

The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 required the local authority and police in every area to formulate, by 1 April 1999, a strategy for the reduction of crime and disorder over the next three years. Therefore, all local crime and disorder reduction partnerships—over 400 of them in England and Wales—should now have strategies in place and be starting to implement them.