§ Lord Hogg of Cumbernauldasked Her Majesty's Government:
What plans they have to assist small retailers in deprived areas to improve the security of their business in the current year. [HL3437]
§ The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Scotland of Asthal)We are pleased to announce today the specific projects which will receive funding from the 2003–04 allocation from the Capital Modernisation Fund to assist small retailers in deprived areas to improve the security of their business.
Some £5.8 million has been distributed to regions in England and Wales according to the formula based on an equal share for each region, crimes impacting on retailers and percentage of people living in the most deprived wards. The remaining £200,000 of the third year funding has been set aside for administration and evaluation.
This year's funding will provide assistance to a minimum of 5,000 individual retailers and essential businesses. As in previous years, this funding will be spent on schemes identified by regional Home Office directors, in conjunction with crime and disorder reduction partnerships and a variety of interventions will be employed, including enhancing the security of individual premises and improving the environment of shopping parades. This will mean that over the 3 years of the initiative, since 2001, over 12,500 individual shops units will have directly benefitted from improved security measures.
We have placed in the Library a paper showing the allocations of funds to individual projects. The Home Secretary has also written to honourable Members in England and Wales who have projects in their constituencies.
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Small Retailers in Deprived Areas: Specific Sites to Be Year Three Funding (2003–04) Name of Scheme Funding (£)
Eastern Region Shedding Light on Retail Crime in Basildon 27,405 St Andrews Retail Project, Colchester 21,202 Wisbech North Ward, Fenland, Cambridgeshire* 21,202 Operation Shop Safe, Great Yarmouth 58,416 Safer Gaywood Project, King's Lynn 33,607 Biscot and Dallow Small Retails Project, Luton 27,405 Kingsbrook Small Retailers Initiative, North Bedfordshire 21,202 Norwich SRDA 2003–04 (2 Schemes) 27,405 Peterborough Supports Small Retailers (3 Sites) 33,607 Bedwell and Rockingham Way Shops, Stevenage 21,202 Clacton Small Shop Scheme 33,607 Thurrock Assisting Small Retailers 27,405 Britten Centre & Battery Green Multi-Storey Car Park Safety and Environmental Improvements Projects, Waveney 39,810 393,475 East Midlands Leicester Retail Crime Initiative 75,000 Nottingham Retail Crime Initiative 111,000 Bolsover Retail Crime Initiative 75,000 Bassetlaw Retail Crime Initiative 15,000 Derby Retail Crime Initiative 40,000 Mansfield Retail Crime Initiative 40,000 Erewash Retail Crime Initiative 10,000 Chesterfield Retail Crime Initiative 10,000 23WA
Small Retailers in Deprived Areas: Specific Sites to Benefit From Year Three Funding (2003–04) Name of Scheme Funding (£)
East Lindsay Retail Crime Initiative 45,000 Ashfield Retail Crime Initiative 10,000 Newark and Sherwood Retail Crime Initiative 10,000 West Lindsay Retail Crime Initiative 10,000 North East Derbyshire Retail Crime Initiative 10,000 South Kesteven Retail Crime Initiative 10,000 471,000 London Gale Street Lighting, Barking and Dagenham 25,544 Brent Target Hardening Scheme 34,587 Camden Small Retailers Initiative: 57,194 Retail Crime Reduction & Regeneration Project, Croydon* 16,501 Ealing Small Retailers Project 16,501 Enfield Small Retailers in Deprived Areas 30,065 Greenwich Small Retailers 57,194 Hackney Target Hardening Scheme 114,000 Hammersmith and Fulham CCTV Scheme 21,023 Haringey Target Hardening Scheme 57,672 Islington Radio Scheme 66,236 Kensington & Chelsea Small Retailers Project 21,023 Lambeth Small Retailers Project 25,544 Shop Security Radio Scheme, Lewisham 30,065 Newham Small Retailers Scheme* 115,971 Southwark Small Retailers 79,800 Tower Hamlets Shops Scheme 93,534 Waltham Forest Small Retailers Scheme 30,065 Westminster Small Retailers 2003 -04 21,023 908,542 North East Alnwick Small Retailers Scheme 10,000 Seahouses CCTV Scheme & Berwick upon Tweed Fraud Prevention Scheme 10,000 Business Crime Reduction Project, Blyth Valley 20,000 Castle Morpeth CCTV Scheme* 10,000 Small Retailer Scheme, Gateshead 24,000 Newcastle City Retailers 35,000 North Tyneside Small Retailers Project 20,000 South Tyneside CCTV Scheme 35,000 Digital Camera Safe Project, Sunderland 35,000 Tynedale Small Retailers Scheme* 10,000 Retail Crime Initiative, Wansbeck 20,000 Small Retailers Initiative, Derwentside 20,000 City of Durham Small Retailers Crime Prevention Scheme 10,000 Sedgefield Shop Fronts 20,000 Creating Safer Shops in Chester West and Grange Villa, Chester-le-Street 10,000 Small Retailers CCTV Scheme, Darlington 20,000 Billingham Shops Improvement Project, Stockton 35,000 Teesdale Safer Retailers 10,000 Wear Valley Safer Retailers Initiative* 24,000 Shop Watching, Hasington 35,000 Whale Hill Shopping Centre, Eston, Redcar 24,000 Assisting Small Retailers, Middlesbrough 35,000 Hartlepool CCTV 24,000 496,000 North West Ellesmere Port and Neston Small Retailers Scheme 21,857 Warrington Security Fencing Scheme 14,743 Macclesfield Radio Equipment 10,000 Chester Radio Scheme and Improvements 14.743 Congleton CCTV Retailers Scheme 10,000 Halton Security Grants 33,713 Vale Royal Security Improvements 12,371 West Street Small Retailers Scheme, Crewe and Nantwich* 12,371 Eden/Carlisle Small Retailers Scheme 22,371 South Lakeland Small Retailers 2003–04 10,000 Central Barrow Retailers 24,228 Shop Security Initiative 2003–04 Allerdale and Copeland Areas 41,342 Bury Retail Security Initiative 12,371 Mocha Parade, Broughton, Salford 15,000 Whittle Street, Salford 10,000 Individual Repeat Victims, Salford 6,342 Gorton Villa Shops. Manchester 37,000 Brunswick Street, Ardwick 37,026 Newport Street, Bolton 26,599 24WA
Small Retailers in Deprived Areas: Specific Sites to Benefit From Year Three Funding (2003–04) Name of Scheme Funding (£)
South Trafford Small Business Security 7,372 Canterbury Road, Trafford 7,371 Hyde (Godley) CCTV, Thameside 14,743 Rochdale Small Retailers in Deprived Areas Project 28,971 Oldham Small Retailers Scheme 26,599 Reddish District Centre, Stockport 12,371 Smithy Green CCTV System, Wigan 19,485 Burnley Small Retailer Scheme 19,485 Small Retailers in Deprived Areas, Pendle 26,599 Eaves Lane CCTV System, Chorley 10,000 Target Hardening/Takeaway Watch, Rossendale 10,000 Small Retailers in Ribble Valley 2003–04 10,000 Royal Avenue Small Retailers Project, South Ribble 10,000 Inner Preston Retail Crime Initiative 24,228 Blackburn with Darwen Small Retailers Scheme 33,713 Small Retailers Loud and Clear, Hyndburn 19,485 Fylde Retail Crime Initiative 10,000 Blackpool Small Retailers Initiative 2003 (3 Projects) 26,599 Digmoor Parade, Skelmerdale 19,485 Operation Re-Glaze, Wyre 14,743 Target Hardening, Lancaster (2 Projects) 17,114 Kennelwood Avenue Shops Security Project, Knowsley 27,620 Kirby Town Centre Radio Link, Knowsley 13,014 Old Farm Road Shops, Knowsley 12,050 St Helens Small Retailers Security Project 2003–04 26,599 Neighbourhood Shops CCTV Initiative, Sefton 28,971 Old Chester Road/Rock Lane West Retailers Safety Project, Wirral 12,114 Twickenham Drive Retailers Safety Project, Wirral 12,114 Liverpool CDRP (CitySafe) Scargreen Avenue Alleygate Project 15,000 Muirhead Avenue/Eaton Road North Security Project, Liverpool 15,283 Muirhead Avenue Alleygate Project. Liverpool 10,000 Breck Road Radio Link, Liverpool 16,000 Broadway Shooping Centre Radio Link, Liverpool 13,000 942,205 South East Britwell and Others, Slough* 50,000 Blackbird Leys and Barton, Oxford* 150,000 Temple Hill, Dartford* 25,000 Westbrook Traders CCTV Scheme, Thanet* 70,000 Community Safety Improvements for Redbridge Retailers, Southampton 20,000 The Botley Drive Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership, Havant 20,000 Battle Road Business & Retail Security, Hastings 20,000 Kestrel Retailers Safety Project, Medway 20,000 Old High Street—Crime Reduction Initiative, Shepway 47,580 Central Whitehawk Shops, Brighton & Hove 20,000 Kingsley Road Post Office. Maidstone 6,000 Somerstown Retailers Initiative, Portsmouth 35,000 Buckland Retailers Initiative, Portsmouth 10,000 493,580 South West Bristol Filwood Small Retailers Scheme* 64,770 Kerrier Small Retailers Scheme* 51,810 North Somerset Small Retailers 2003–04* 25,906 Project 'Open All Hours', Plymouth 38,860 West Cornwall Community Safety Team Small Retailers 2003–04 38,860 Year 3 Penhill—Hannington Close Parade—Crime Reduction 36,000 Boscombe Traders Project, Bournemouth 16,790 Small Business Security Support Scheme, Gloucester 25,906 Community Retail Initiative—North Devon 2003–04 25,906 Exeter Retail Crime Scheme (Fore Street) 12,954 Small Retailers Scheme for Weymouth and Portland—Littlemoor Shopping Centre 12,954 Penwerris Small Retailers Initiative 2003–04, Carrick 12,954 Priorswood Place Security Improvements 2003–04, Taunton 12,954 Westward Ho! Small Retailers Initiative 12,954 389,578 Wales Caernarfon Business Watch Scheme & Stryd Fawr, Deiniolen, Caernarfon 21,150
Small Retailers in Deprived Areas: Specific Sites to Benefit From Year Three Funding(2003–04) Name of Scheme Funding (£)
Ceredigion Partnership Security Scheme 38,396.50 Ynys Mon Radio Shopwatch Scheme, Anglesey 20,000 Caerphilly Small Retailers Crime Reduction Project 11,000 Plas Madoc Shops and Roads. Wrexham 25,000 West Rhyl Retailer Group, Rhyl 20,000 Ebbw Fach Crime Reduction Partnership, Blaenau Gwent 15,000 Brecon CCTV Scheme. Powys 20,000 Blaenymaes Shopping Area, Swansea 25,000 Vale of Glamorgan Small Retailers 18,273 Cardiff Small Retailers Project 30,000 Pembrokeshire Small Retailers 38,537.50 Rhondda Cynon Taff Small Retailers Initiative 40,000 Safer Merthyr Tydfil Town Centre Retail Crime 15,000 Broughton CCTV Scheme, Flintshire 37,400 Neath Port Talbot Small Retailers 6,500 381,257 West Midlands Broomhill, Cannock* 23,000 Dudley Safer Shopping* 75,000 Walsall Retail Crime Initiative* 70,000 Wolverhampton Neighbourhood Shop Watch* 120,000 Operation Neon, Birmingham 120,000 Camp Hill Retailers Phase 2, Nuneaton and Bedworth 35,000 Stanton Road Shopping Centre Security Improvements, Coventry 50,000 Severn Grove Regeneration Project, Wyre Forest 20,000 Brookside Safety Partnership, Telford and Wrekin 50,000 Hughes Avenue—Cross Heath Small Retailers Initiative, Newcastle under Lyme 20,000 Sandwell Traders Association Retail Crime Initiative 50,000 Solihull Security Improvements 20,000 Congleton Road Shops 13,182 666,182 Yorkshire and Humber Barnsley Business Crime* 72,927 Security for Shops, Bradford 72,927 Small Retailer Security Programme, Calderdale 24,309 Doncaster Small Retailers Scheme Phase 2* 89,133 Hull Small Retailers Scheme 81,030 Reducing Retail Crime and Disorder in Kirklees 24,309 Leeds Deprived Areas Modernisation Scheme* 56,721 Frodingham Road Radio Scheme, North Lincolnshire 20,000 Scheme to Assist Small Retailers in Deprived Areas, North East Lincolnshire* 24,309 Safer Shops Rotherham 48,618 Eastfield High Street Crime Reduction, Scarborough* 20,054 Sheffield First for Safety Small Retailers RD 2, Sheffield 81,030 Wakefield Shopwatch Crime Prevention Initiative 40,515 655,882 * Funding already agreed in 2003–04 as a 2-year project.