§ Mr. RichardsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many neighbourhood watch schemes exist in each county in Wales for each year since 1987.
§ Mr. JackInformation on the number of neighbourhood watch schemes is recorded at police force level and so it is not possible to attribute schemes to individual Welsh counties. The number of schemes recorded by the police at the end of each year in question is given in the following table:
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Neighbourhood watch schemes in Wales Number of neighbourhood watch schemes Force 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Dyfed-Powys 108 514 719 807 940 1,102 Gwent 3 10 17 22 35 113 North Wales 1,135 1,572 1,812 1,787 2,061 2,615 South Wales 500 510 638 546 821 1,141 Total 1,746 2,606 3,186 3,162 3,857 4,971