§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with local authorities about neighbourhood warden schemes. [132503]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Gedling (Mr. Coaker) on 24 July 2000,Official Report, columns 457–58W.
§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions he has had with police about neighbourhood warden schemes in the north west. [132494]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe Association of Chief Police Officers and the National Black Police Association are represented on the Advisory Committee of the Neighbourhood Warden's Unit which has been jointly established by the Home Office and the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions and which administers the Neighbourhood Wardens fund. The Advisory Committee meets quarterly. The five police forces in the North West region also benefit from having a police representative seconded to the Government Office for the North West, who has been closely involved in the development of town centre neighbourhood warden schemes and the recent bidding round for funding from the Neighbourhood Warden's Fund.