HC Deb 29 June 1999 vol 334 cc98-9W
Mr. Kidney

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance he(a) has given and (b) plans to give to local partnerships to ensure consistency in the questions asked by local authorities and police forces for the purpose of audits under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. [88317]

Mr. Boateng

Previous Home Office guidance to partnerships did not prescribe a specific format for the audits, although it has advised that they specifically seek out levels of racial crime and domestic violence. There are no current plans to amend this guidance.

Mr. Kidney

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 21 May 1999,Official Report, column 467, on crime and disorder audits, if he will list those partnerships that have made road safety a priority issue. [88316]

Mr. Boateng

We have not yet completed an analysis of the audits and strategies produced by the local crime and disorder partnerships. The Home Office will carry out a programme of research into the strategies, to inform Home Office guidance to partnerships, but we currently have no plans to publish a full list of priorities so far identified by partnerships.