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Home Office

Answer

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what resources he has provided to (a) Sefton council and (b) the Merseyside Police Authority for monitoring anti-social behaviour. [132995] Ms Blears: For this financial year 2003-04, the Anti- Social Behaviour Unit (ASBU) provided £700,000 to the Government offices of the north-west to spend on anti-social behaviour matters. The ASBU did not specify on what specific activities they should spend this money. Sefton have not been allocated any Home Office funds directly for anti-social behaviour initiatives, but a number of schemes should have an effect on anti- social behaviour. The Building Safer Communities Fund (BSCF) have allocated £30,000 to develop neighbourhood CCTV systems and a further £19,500 is being used to tackle alcohol-related disorder and improve education and awareness, both of which should have a "knock on" effect on anti-social behaviour. Under the Small Retailers scheme, £28,971 was awarded to Sefton and is being used to fund CCTV systems for a number of retailers in the Derby and Linacre and Netherton and Owell wards, and it is hoped that this will deter theft, vandalism and anti-social behaviour. For 2003-04, we also provided £200,000 to Liverpool City council for partnership working on anti-social behaviour initiatives. While Merseyside Police were not the direct recipient of this funding, they will obviously benefit from this injection of money, and via the Liverpool Crime and Reduction Partnership will have influence on how this money is best spent.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

132995; 412 c263-4W;412 c271-2W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Anti-social behaviour Finance Monitoring Merseyside Police Authority Sefton Sefton Council

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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