Automatic Number Plate Recognition

Mr. Pickles
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding her Department has given to (a) police authorities and (b) local authorities for the installation and operation of automatic number plate recognition systems in the last 12 months.

Mr. Coaker
During the 2007-08 financial year, the Home Office gave £186,983.25 in funding for the installation and operation of automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) systems.

This total is made up of the following amounts:

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|                           |£         |
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|Durham Police Authority    |81,373.25 |
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|Kent Police Authority      |100,000.00|
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|Merseyside Police Authority|5,610.00  |
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In addition to this, from the funding devolved to them by the Home Office, the Government office for the south-west gave Cheltenham city council £35,000.