HC Deb 27 July 1999 vol 336 cc261-3W
Mr. Beith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many neighbourhood patrol or warden schemes are currently in operation in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. [92886]

Since April 1994, four Home Office spending programmes have been included in the Single Regenerations Budget (SRB), some funding of which has gone and is going to projects in Leeds.

Mr. Boateng

No central record is kept of the number of neighbourhood warden-type schemes that are operating in England and Wales.

Mr. Beith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what reports were made by action teams led by his Department on the issue of neighbourhood wardens before April. [93048]

Mr. Boateng

The draft report of the Policy Action Team on Neighbourhood Wardens, which was chaired by a senior civil servant from the Home Office, was submitted to the Social Exclusion Unit in April. The report is to be consulted upon and then will be published in due course.

Mr. Beith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the report of the Policy Action Team relating to neighbourhood wardens; and if he will make a statement. [93383]

Mr. Boateng

The draft report of the Policy Action team on Neighbourhood Wardens, which was chaired by a senior civil servant from the Home Office, was submitted to the Social Exclusion Unit in April. The report is to be consulted upon and then will be published in due course.