(2) how many (a) recorded crimes, (b) recorded violent crimes, (c) burglaries and (d) vehicle thefts there were in Feltham and Heston in (i) 1997 and (ii) the latest year for which information is available.
Recorded crime data are not collected specifically at constituency level and data are therefore not available for Feltham and Heston. The available data cover the most appropriate Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) area, which is Hounslow.
Since CDRP data are only available from 1999-2000 onwards, figures for 1997 cannot be provided. Data for Hounslow for 2008-09 are given in the table.
Offence Number of offences Total recorded crime 23,745 Violence against the person 5,550 Burglary 2,593 Of which:- Domestic burglary 1,770 Other burglary 823 Vehicle thefts 2,894 Of which:- Theft of a vehicle 812 Theft from a vehicle 2,082
In 2008-09, the Home Office provided funding of £806,158 to Hounslow Drug Action Team through the Drug Interventions Programme (DIP) Main Grant. The constituency for Feltham and Heston comes under the London borough of Hounslow. DIP also made an allocation of £6.4 million to the Metropolitan Police Service for drug testing in 2008-09. Some of the £6.4 million would have been used to fund drug testing in the borough of Hounslow; the level of resource provided to Hounslow was decided centrally by the Metropolitan Service.
DIP is a key part of the Government’s strategy for tackling drugs and reducing crime. The programme is delivered locally via drug action teams using integrated teams known as criminal justice integrated teams supported by regional Government office leads and the National Treatment Agency. Using a case management approach they aim to offer access to treatment and support.
A number of specific and individual Home Office grants have been combined into area-based grant (ABG), which is allocated to local authorities on a three-year basis to maximise stability and certainty. The receiving authorities have flexibility to use ABG as they see fit to deliver local, regional and national priorities in their respective areas.
Funding data for 1997-98 are not readily available.