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Written question asked by Lord Pickles (Conservative) on Wednesday, 2 April 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 21 April 2008. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Thursday, 15 May 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.


Automatic Number Plate Recognition

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding her Department has given to (a) police authorities and (b) local authorities for the installation and operation of automatic number plate recognition systems in the last 12 months.
Answer

During the 2007-08 financial year, the Home Office gave £186,983.25 in funding for the installation and operation of automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) systems.This total is made up of the following amounts:

£
Durham Police Authority 81,373.25
Kent Police Authority 100,000.00
Merseyside Police Authority 5,610.00

In addition to this, from the funding devolved to them by the Home Office, the Government office for the south-west gave Cheltenham city council £35,000.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
475 c1729-30W; 199582
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Finance Automatic number plate recognition
Link
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