§ Mr. David MartinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what specific help his Department is giving to assist action against theft and vandalism through the use of video cameras to assist in crime prevention in Portsmouth.
§ Mr. Charles WardleNo specific assistance has been given to Portsmouth. But the Home Office crime prevention centre gives practical advice to all police forces on the use of closed circuit television as a crime prevention measure and the police research group has published an evaluation of the effectiveness of CCTV in car parks which has been sent to all police forces.