§ Lord Pestonasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they intend to provide additional support to the Police Service for reducing robbery. [HL2912]
§ Lord Bassam of BrightonI am announcing today the allocation of £20 million additional resources for tackling robbery in the five metropolitan areas in which 70 per cent of all robberies take place, and for which challenging targets have been set for the police forces concerned by their respective police authorities. The £20 million forms part of the £91 million which my right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exechequer allocated in the Budget for additional measures to support the delivery of crime reduction.
The specific amounts being made available are:
£ million Metropolitan Police 9.1 West Midlands 3.3 Greater Manchester 3.2 West Yorkshire 2.6 Merseyside 1.8 The five forces will now be drawing up plans to achieve early reductions in robbery levels.