HC Deb 22 July 2002 vol 389 cc851-2W
Mr. Syms

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the proposed transfer of money from police and crime reduction funds

Targets for domestic burglary, vehicle crime and robbery
Domestic burglary target Robbery target Vehicle crime
Police forces No. targets set No. targets met Set Met Set Met Set Met
Avon and Somerset 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
Bedfordshire 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1
Cambridgeshire 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
Cheshire 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
City of London 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
Cleveland 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 0
Cumbria 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
Derbyshire 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Devon and Cornwall 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
Dorset 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
Durham 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
Dyfed-Powys1 3 1 1 1 1 — 1 —
Essex 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Gloucestershire 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
Greater Manchester 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1
Gwent 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1

to research and statistics current spending and on the (a) research and (b) evaluative projects which this funding is intended to support. [22135]

Mr. Denham

The transfer of £9.8 million from policing and crime reduction to research and statistics was a technical adjustment to place the funding in the budget of the Home Office Directorate that would be taking forward this previously agreed work. The £9.8 million breaks down as:

£7.4 million to fund external evaluation of crime reduction initiatives; and £2.4 million to develop the evidence base for sentencing and enforcement practices.

The £7.4 million provision will cover evaluation of the following initiatives:

  • Reducing burglary;
  • Targeted policing;
  • Treatment of offenders;
  • Drug arrest referrals;
  • School intervention;
  • Domestic violence;
  • Sentencing;
  • "Tackling Prostitution—What Works?";
  • Closed circuit television (CCTV); and
  • a range of initiatives centred on design against crime.