§ 27. Mr. Mark RobinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what support he has given for crime prevention initiatives in the south-west. [19010]
§ Mr. MacleanWe support crime prevention initiatives nationally in several ways, for example by encouraging the formation of neighbourhood watch and other watch schemes, and by our support for crime concern.
In the south-west in particular, a safer cities project was established in Bristol as part of phase 1 of the safer cities programme, while there is a project at Plymouth under phase 2. There is also a drugs prevention initiative team working in Avon and Somerset, delivering a programme of work which involves local people. There were 14 successful bids from the south-west in the first round of the closed circuit television challenge competition, worth over £450,000.