§ Mr. WoodwardTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding his Department allocated to measures for informing people of the dangers of alcohol abuse in the last three years. [123433]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe Home Office has had no specific funding allocated to informing people of the dangers of alcohol abuse.
However, the Home Office is active in tackling alcohol-related crime and has in place several measures to do so. A series of seminars on Alcohol and Crime have been established by the Home Office which draw together representatives from other Government Departments, the 153W licensed industry, the voluntary sector and the academic community with the aim of establishing the nature of the problem and developing good practice.
There is also a programme of research under way examining the policing of alcohol-related crime in city centres, the potential of alcohol interventions in the criminal justice system and the alcohol consumption of young people.
The Targeted Policing Initiative within the Crime Reduction Programme has funded one project to tackle alcohol-related crime in Cardiff and is expected to fund a further three in its current funding round.