Written question asked by James Brokenshire (Conservative) on Monday, 9 March 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 11 March 2009. It was answered by Alan Campbell (Labour) on Thursday, 19 March 2009 on behalf of the Home Office.
Crimes of Violence: Crime Prevention
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been spent to date on the Tackling Gangs Action Programme in each of the four cities targeted under the plan, broken down by main category of expenditure.
- Answer
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More than £3 million has been invested in Birmingham, Liverpool, London and Manchester through the Tackling Gangs Action Programme (TGAP). TGAP saw a 51 per cent. reduction in firearms-related injuries (between October 2007 and February 2008). A breakdown of the funding allocated to each of the four participating cities are outlined in the following tables.
Investment in the Tackling Gangs Action Programme Birmingham Workstream £ 2007-08 Enforcement, intelligence and prevention work. Including community reassurance and third sector delivery of support 304,037 2008-09 Improve risk management processes 200,000 Implement approaches set out in Tackling Gangs: A Practical Guide 200,000 Total allocation 704,037 Liverpool Workstream £ 2007-08 Enforcement, intelligence and prevention work. Including community reassurance and third sector delivery of support 313,855 2008-09 Improve risk management processes 200,000 Implement approaches set out in Tackling Gangs: A Practical Guide 200,000 Total allocation 713,855 London Workstream £ 2007-08 Enforcement, intelligence and prevention work. Including community reassurance and third sector delivery of support 573,473 2008-09 Improve risk management processes 200,000 Implement approaches set out in Tackling Gangs: A Practical Guide 400,000 Total allocation 1,173,473 Manchester Workstream £ 2007-08 Enforcement, intelligence and prevention work. Including community reassurance and third sector delivery of support 304,088 2008-09 Improve risk management processes 200,000 Implement approaches set out in Tackling Gangs: A Practical Guide 200,000 Total allocation 704,088 Grand total 3,295,453
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 489 c1332-3W;489 c1334-5W; 263191
- Session
- 2008-09
- Subjects
- Crime prevention Crimes of violence Gangs
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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