Closed Circuit Television

HC Deb 18 January 2000 vol 342 cc370-1W

Mr. Ruane

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent from public funds on CCTV in each of the past 10 years; and what plans he has for spending on CCTV in each of the next three years. [105707]

Mr. Charles Clarke

Under the Crime Reduction Programme Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Initiative, the Government are investing £153 million over three years on public area CCTV systems in England and Wales. We have already allocated nearly £40 million for 218 schemes and anticipate that expenditure under the first round could reach £64 million. The balance of the available £153 million will be allocated in years two and three of the Initiative.

From 1994 to 1999, a total of £38.5 million was spent under the Home Office CCTV Challenge Competition, as follows:

	Year	£ million
Round 1	1994–95	5
Round 2	1996–97	17
Round 3	1997–98	15
Round 4	1998–99	1.5

Crime prevention measures funded under the earlier Safe Cities Programme and the Single Regeneration Budget may have included elements of CCTV, but these are not separately identifiable.