Written question asked by John Denham (Labour) on Tuesday, 5 October 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 November 2004. It was answered by Hazel Blears (Labour) on Monday, 15 November 2004 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how he intends to distribute the £50 million Neighbourhood Policing Fund.

Answer: Mr. Denham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how he intends to distribute the £50 million Neighbourhood Policing Fund. [190306] Ms Blears: The £50 million which launches the Neighbourhood Policing Fund will allow police forces in England and Wales to increase the number of Community Support Officers (CSOs) to 5,500 by the end of March, 2005 and will be available to forces from January 2005. Forces have made bids under the-fund and will be notified of their allocations shortly. In making distributions under the first round of funding we will consider a number of factors including current CSO numbers in each force.

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