§ Mr. FallonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much is being spent by his Department on crime prevention measures in the current year; and what were the comparable figures for 1979–80.
§ Mr. John PattenIt is estimated that direct Home Office spending on crime prevention—on publicity, research, training, the safer cities programme and support for the new national organisation, Crime Concern—will total approximately £9 million in 1988–89. This compares with expenditure of some £350,000 in 1979–80, supporting publicity, training and research, a more than tenfold increase.