Neighbourhood Watch Schemes: East Sussex

Mr. Waterson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Neighbourhood Watch schemes are in operation in (a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex.

Mr. McNulty
The Home Office does not collect information on the number of Neighbourhood Watch schemes in England and Wales. However, Sussex police does gather this information and has advised me that in Eastbourne there are 230 Neighbourhood Watch schemes covering about 11,000 households and in East Sussex there are 3,037 schemes covering 25,258 households.