Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

David Morris Excerpts
Monday 12th October 2015

(9 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Karen Bradley Portrait Karen Bradley
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In response to earlier questions, I talked about the refreshing of our violence against women and girls strategy, which includes looking at how we commission services, but it also looks at prevention. We need to make sure that women are not in the position where they need to go to refuges, so we are looking at how we make sure that the right provision is available and at how we do all we can to prevent this crime happening in the first place.

David Morris Portrait David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale) (Con)
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T9. In my constituency the CCTV equipment is coming to the end of its functional life. What funding is in place to replace this scheme?

Mike Penning Portrait The Minister for Policing, Crime and Criminal Justice (Mike Penning)
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In most cases CCTV is funded by the local authority, working closely with the police in that local area. I have visited many areas where new CCTV cameras have been installed. That is something we will work on together, and I would be happy to meet my hon. Friend.