§ Mr. SoleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will issue guidelines to local authorities concerning the improvement of street lighting and the use of resident caretakers on housing estates in the interests of the safety of women; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Michael Spicer[holding answer 16 July 1990]: Street lighting is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport, but I understand that recommendations for local authorities are covered in British standard 5489 part 3, relating to lighting of subsidiary streets, which my right hon. Friend reissued last year after extensive consultation.
Guidance on the use of resident caretakers on housing estates can be found in the priority estates project guide to local housing management issued by my Department in April 1987. In addition, the estate action programme encourages a local management presence and the use of concierges, where appropriate, for the benefit of all residents.
My right hon. Friend has no plans to issue further guidelines.