§ Mr. Nigel JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what financial assistance he will 593W provide in the current financial year to Gloucestershire district councils that wish to install CCTV cameras within their areas. [49246]
§ Mr. MichaelA total of £9m has been provided in 1998–99 through the Home Office Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Challenge Competition to fund CCTV schemes in England and Wales, of which around £1.5m will be used to fund 32 schemes successful under round four of the competition. The remaining £7.5m will be used to honour existing schemes inherited from previous rounds of the competition, including £16,840 paid to Gloucester City Council for a CCTV scheme in Brunswick Square, Gloucester. In total, over £453,000 has been paid to nine schemes in Gloucestershire under the four Home Office CCTV challenge competitions. They are:
Location Amount (£) 1 Cirencester town centre and integral parking, public transport and business area 70,000 2 Gloucester city centre 10,000 3 Coleford town centre 80,000 4 Cheltenham town centre 29,000 5 Cinderford, Lydney and Newent 130,050 6 Brunswick Square, Albion Street and Brunswick Road, Gloucester 25,261 7 Gloucester Docks 14,639 8 Stroud town centre 62,199 9 Dursley town centre 31,996 No other payments are due from the Home Office CCTV Challenge Competition to partnerships in Gloucestershire.