asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what resources have been allocated to the spreading of crime prevention information by his Department in each of the past five years.

Estimated expenditure on national crime prevention publicity sponsored by the Home Office was:

				£
1972–73	…	…	…	243,300
1973–74	…	…	…	177,900
1974–75	…	…	…	342,300
1975–76	…	…	…	443,700
1976–77	…	…	…	316,000

Expenditure on the Home Office Crime Prevention Centre at Stafford in spreading crime prevention information through its crime prevention courses for the police and others was:

				£
1972–73	…	…	…	24,732
1973–74	…	…	…	28,133
1974–75	…	…	…	33,782
1975–76	…	…	…	39,627
1976–77	…	…	…	51,118

These figures do not include Home Office staff costs, nor the payment of grant on relevant expenditure incurred by individual police forces.