§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions have arisen from the use of CCTV in(a) South Road, Waterloo and (b) Crosby in each of the last five years. [177844]
§ Ms BlearsInformation on the number of convictions arising from the use of CCTV surveillance is not recorded. The statistics held centrally on court proceedings do not include information on methods of detection.
§ Tom CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action his Department is taking to extend CCTV schemes in the London borough of Wandsworth. [177829]
§ Ms BlearsThe London borough of Wandsworth has received £13,000 from the Building Safer Communities Fund and £10,000 from the Basic Command Unit Fund to support the work of the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership initiative on dealing with night time disorder in town centres.
The money will provide extra staff hours for the surveillance of CCTV town centre cameras in disorder hotspots on Friday and Saturday evenings. This initiative has been successful in monitoring the build up of disorder and in directing resources to potential problems.