§ 26. Mr. BlizzardTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many homes will be covered by his Department's Crime Reduction Programme Initiative to reduce burglaries. [103987]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe Reducing Burglary Initiative is expected to cover a total of approximately two million households.
In addition, the initiative to provide security improvements for the homes of pensioners on low incomes in areas with high burglary rates, which we announced in September, is expected to provide enhanced security in up to 150,000 homes.
§ 34. Mr. BradshawTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many low-income pensioner households will receive help from the Crime Reduction Programme in respect of burglary in the current financial year. [103995]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe £11 million initiative to provide security improvements for the homes of pensioners on low incomes in areas with high burglary rates, which we announced in September, will not start until June 2000 but is expected to provide enhanced security for up to 150,000 homes over two years.
About 223,000 households are currently covered by 63 anti-burglary projects under the £50 million Reducing Burglary Initiative (which will eventually cover some two million households). However, details of the income or age group of the households involved are not available centrally.