Written question asked by Lord Grayling (Conservative) on Thursday, 28 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 1 February 2010. It was answered by Alan Johnson (Labour) on Friday, 5 February 2010 on behalf of the Home Office.

Crime

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 25 January 2010, Official Report, column 637W, on crime, which universities received such expenditure; and what crime awareness campaigns were undertaken in each case.

Answer: In 2005-06 the Home Office ran a marketing campaign called 'Let's Keep Crime Down'. An element of this campaign targeted students. Digital advertising space was purchased to targeted student bars and libraries. Advertising was centred on Leeds, London, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Nottingham, Bristol, Bolton and Newcastle.In 2009-10 Home Office gave a grant to the National Union of Students (NUS) as part of the Securing Homes: Action Against Burglary programme. £78,905.50 has been allocated for NUS to deliver communications activity. The communications work is varied and does not come under a single branded campaign. NUS have distributed a Home Office leaflet called 'The Student Survival Guide' that provides crime reduction and personal safety information and a 'Let' Keep Crime Down' branded 'doorhanger' to 119 students unions across England and Wales and have launched a crime reduction website:"www.nus.org.uk/thelock"In both 2005-06 and 2009-10, Home Office has not given individual universities money to deliver crime awareness campaigns.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 505 c575-6W; 315001
Session: 2009-10
Related items: Crime
Monday, 25 January 2010
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Crime prevention Crime Expenditure Students
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