§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many neighbourhood watch schemes have been set up in each of the past five years in(a) Greenock and Port Glasgow and (b) Strathclyde and Scotland as a whole; and what was the financial support given to these schemes by the Scottish Office.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 25 January 1990]The number of schemes in existence as at 31 December in each of the last three years was as follows:
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Greenock and Port Glasgow Strathclyde region Scotaland 1987 6 127 259 1988 44 475 629 1989 58 674 1,093 Figures are not available centrally for earlier years. However, I understand that the first Scottish schemes were set up in 1984, and the first schemes in Strathclyde were set up in 1987.
Neighbourhood watch schemes are set up by members of the public with the assistance of the police and are not funded directly by the Scottish Office.