HC Deb 26 March 1996 vol 274 c499W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current level of Government spending on crime prevention. [22693]

Mr. Maclean

Expenditure on crime prevention activities across Government in 1994–95—the latest period for which figures are available—was approximately £260 million, an 8 per cent. increase on the previous year.