HC Deb 17 January 2000 vol 342 cc296-7W
25. Mr. Bill O'Brien

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications he has received for portable CCTV units in the past year; what proposals he has to provide resources for portable systems of CCTV; and if he will make a statement. [103986]

Mr. Charles Clarke

Forty five applications under the first round of the Crime Reduction Programme Closed Circuit Television Initiative were solely for portable or mobile CCTV schemes, while many of the remaining 705 applications contained a mobile element.

Today's announcement of CCTV awards includes four bids for mobile systems, totalling £256,020. This is on top of £32,056 awarded last month to a mobile scheme. 18 proposals for mobile schemes to a potential value of £2.7 million have been deferred for further consideration.

Further bids for mobile CCTV systems can be submitted under the next phase of funding, details of which will be announced shortly.