§ 67. Mr. Gerald Bowdenasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many neighbourhood watch schemes have now been set up.
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69. Sir John Biggs-Davison asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on neighbourhood watch schemes.
§ Mr. HurdTwenty-two police forces in England and Wales have now started neighbourhood watch schemes and a further 11 are planning to do so. The forces concerned are as follows:
Schemes Started Northamptonshire Metropolitan Northumbria Avon and Somerset North Wales Bedfordshire Nottinghamshire Cheshire South Wales Dorset South Yorkshire Durham Staffordshire Essex Sussex Hertfordshire Thames Valley Merseyside Warwickshire Norfolk West Midlands Schemes Planned Gwent Cambridgeshire Hampshire Cumbria Kent Derbyshire Lancashire Dyfed Powys Surrey Gloucestershire West Mercia