§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications were received for the358W crime reduction programme closed circuit television initiative round 2; how many have been invited to bid for the final stage; and how many successful bids can be accommodated within the budget provision. [157383]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeUnder round 2 of the crime reduction programme's closed circuit television initiative over 800 initial funding applications worth more than £200 million were received from crime and disorder reduction partnerships. On 26 March, 339 schemes with a potential award total of around £108 million were shortlisted as suitable for further development. Within the budget provision there is scope for all of the shortlisted bids to be funded providing that proposals meet the necessary criteria as outlined in the initiative's prospectus.
§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list, by county, those applicants who have been invited to the final bid stage of the closed circuit television initiative round 2. [157379]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeUnder round 2 of the crime reduction programme's closed circuit television initiative, 339 schemes with a potential award total of around £108 million were shortlisted as suitable for further development. A list, by county, of those applicants that have been invited to the final stage of the initiative has been placed in the Library.