§ Mr. SoleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will make funds available for a concierge system on the two remaining tower blocks on Edward Woods estate in Shepherds Bush.
§ Mr. Trippier[holding answer 23 March 1989]: The estate action programme has already provided resources for a pilot scheme at Stebbing house involving a concierge system. The council's outline bid for further resources for similar facilities at the two other tower blocks on the estate is under consideration.
§ Mr. SoleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment what assessment he has made of the extent to which the existence of concierge systems on tower blocks is a useful deterrent to crime.
§ Mr. Trippier[holding answer 23 March 1989]: The report "A Better Reception", published by the Department of the Environment in March last year pointed to evidence that concierge schemes do deter crime as well as making blocks of flats more pleasant places in which to live. A further study of concierge and other schemes in local authority high rise blocks of flats is in progress.