HC Deb 01 November 1999 vol 337 cc59-60W
37. Mr. Rapson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much money the Government are investing in CCTV systems in the current financial year. [95026]

Mr. Straw

Under the first round of the Crime Reduction Programme CCTV initiative, crime reduction partnerships in England and Wales have been invited to prepare final proposals on 376 bids for new and extended CCTV schemes mainly directed at tackling vehicle crime and crime problems in housing are as at a potential capital cost of £68 million, a proportion of which will be expended in the current financial year. Final decisions will be announced later in the year.