HC Deb 31 January 1996 vol 270 c765W
Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list all programmes which his Department funds that are aimed at deterring under 16-year-olds from committing crimes; and if he will make a statement. [12723]

Mr. Maclean

The bulk of the Home Office funding in this area was transferred to the single regeneration budget at the Department of the Environment in April 1994. This budget supports many crime prevention activities with a youth focus. The Home Office programme development unit funded a small group of experimental projects on reducing criminality in 1992; final reports are expected shortly.