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Mr. Ruffley
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many neighbourhood watch schemes there were in each year since the schemes were introduced. [11352]
Mr. Michael
[holding answer 29 July 1997]: Neighbourhood watch schemes were first introduced in 1982. Statistics relating to the early years of their development were not collected systematically. Information is available only from 1991 onwards and is as follows:
| Number | |
| January to December 1991 | 99,149 |
| January to December 1992 | 115,678 |
| January to December 1993 | 130,584 |
| January to March 1994–95 | 143,002 |
| April to March 1995–96 | 153,260 |
| April to March 1996–97 | 161,397 |