HC Deb 15 June 1998 vol 314 c62W
22. Mr. Bill O'Brien

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assistance he offers to private businesses to install closed circuit television; and if he will make a statement. [44265]

Mr. Michael

No direct assistance is offered to private businesses to install closed circuit television on their premises but businesses gain enormously from CCTV coverage of public areas in town and city centres.

34. Mr. Gray

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what priority will be given to spending on closed circuit television beyond 1998 in the Government's spending review. [44277]

Mr. Michael

The expenditure plans we inherited from the previous administration made no provision whatsoever to support closed circuit television (CCTV) after 1998–99. Decisions on expenditure for 1999–2000 and beyond will be announced in a White Paper, to be published in July.