Written question asked by David Jones (Conservative) on Monday, 30 March 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 2 April 2009. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Monday, 20 April 2009 on behalf of the Home Office.

Closed Circuit Television

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what (a) financial and (b) other assistance her Department provides to local authorities for the installation of town centre closed circuit television security systems for the purposes of crime reduction and detection.

Answer: [holding answer 2 April 2009]: Since the end of the Home Office initiative under the Crime Reduction Programme in 2003, no further funding has specifically been provided for the installation of town centre CCTV security systems by the Home Office.Although no new specific CCTV funding has been introduced, funding streams such as the building safer communities fund are available to local authorities through crime and disorder reduction partnerships to allow them to tackle their local crime priorities using a number of interventions, including CCTV.

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