HC Deb 18 February 1994 vol 237 cc1028-9W
Mr. Rendel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department by what date he expects the safer cities scheme to cover 40 urban areas.

Mr. Charles Wardle

Ten new projects were announced on 29 December 1993 and announcements on further projects are planned for 1994–95. As funding for the programme is to be included in the single regeneration budget—to be administered by the Department of the Environment—from 1 April 1994, the precise timetable for later projects will be drawn up in conjunction with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment.