§ Vera BairdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the projects being funded under the Crime Reduction Programme. [179710]
§ Ms Blears[holding answer 21 June 2004]: The Crime Reduction Programme (CRP) was a pioneering multi-million pound intervention programme, which was initially to run for three years from April 1999. Around £340 million was committed to over 1,470 projects in England and Wales under the 20 separate main initiatives which formed the programme, the largest single investment anywhere in the world in an evidence-based approach to crime reduction.
The individual projects are too numerous to list, but the initiatives were as follows:
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Initiative Project Reducing Burglary Initiative 250 Locks for Pensioners 1 Targeted Policing Initiative 59 Summer Schemes/SPLASH 147 Prostitution 11 On Track 26 Treatment of Offenders 1 Drug Arrest Referrals 1 Effective Schools Management 39 Violence Against Women 58 Vehicle Crime 13 Youth Inclusion 70 Sentencing 3 Neighbourhood Wardens 85 Design Against Crime 1 CCTV initiative 684 Project Spectrum 1 Toolkits 22 Suzy Lamplugh Trust 1 Rape Crisis Federation 1 Arson Control 1 Vehicle Crime publicity 1 Partnership Development Fund 1
§ Vera BairdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which projects being funded under the Crime Reduction Programme are focused on assessing the effectiveness of advocacy, outreach and support measures for victims of domestic violence. [179712]
§ Ms Blears[holding answer 21 June 2004]: The Crime Reduction Programme Violence against Women Initiative was an evidence-led project to find out which approaches were effective in supporting victims and tackling violence against women. In July 2000 34 "Round One" multi-agency victim focused pilot projects were funded and independently evaluated. While many of the projects either directly or indirectly supported victims, the following 14 Round One projects specifically aimed to provide support to women who were victims of domestic violence.
- Standing Together Civil Remedies
- Gloucester Co-ordinated Community Response
- Brighton Intimated Witness Support
- Buxton Women's Aid project
- Hastings and Rother Rapid Response
- St. Austell Support Workers
- Warwickshire Domestic Violence Support Workers
- Ashram Birmingham project
- Tower Hamlets Victim Advocacy and Safety Counselling project
- Croydon Advocacy project
- Camden Safety Net
- Bradford Staying Put
- Northampton Domestic Violence Action project
- Cheshire Multiple Interventions project.