§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how the FRANK communications campaign has benefited the residents of Crosby. [177938]
§ Caroline FlintCrosby sits under the Sefton Drug Action Team (DAT) area. This DAT, in partnership with local agencies, has used tile FRANK campaign materials to communicate to the local population on drug and community safety issues. These have been used in schools, pupil referral units, colleges and youth centres throughout the DAT area inclusive of Crosby. In addition, 120,000 homes in Crosby will be sent information in the next few weeks about the FRANK 24 hour helpline, website and email service, in a community safety magazine commissioned by Merseyside police. Local data are not available, but nationally there have been over 1.5 million visits to the website and over 425,000 calls to the helpline.