To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans he has to provide funding to extend the street warden scheme to Romford. [133998]

There are no Office of the Deputy Prime Minister funded warden schemes operating in Romford. No application was made to set up a scheme in Romford during the initial bidding round in 2001.At present, there are no plans for a further round of Office of the Deputy Prime Minister funding for new warden schemes beyond March 2005, however, if the constituents of Romford wish to start up a warden scheme in their area, we would suggest that funding would need to be secured from sources such as the local authority, Registered Social Landlords or from the private sector, as many other neighbourhood warden programmes have done.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans the Government has to fund further street warden schemes in Suffolk. [134407]

In the County of Suffolk, Street Warden Schemes funded by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister are operating in Lowestoft, Bury St. Edmunds and Ipswich. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's funding for Street Warden Schemes is a four year programme which concludes in March 2005 and there are no plans to extend funding past this date.The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is actively working with existing schemes to help them secure mainstream funding from sources such as local authorities and the private sector. Support and guidance is also being provided to areas wishing to set up schemes with their own resources.