HC Deb 15 February 1999 vol 325 cc497-8W
22. Ms Coffey

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the completion rate of local partnerships' crime audits. [69128]

Mr. Boateng

There is no formal deadline for the completion of audits. The crime and disorder strategies—which follow on from the audits and must be the subject of wide local consultation—have to be completed by 1 April 1999. I am encouraged by the commitment I see on the part of the local crime reduction partnerships to completing the tasks set for them in a timely and effective way.