Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the availability of funding for local authorities to install and maintain CCTV networks.

The Local Government Finance Settlement for 2022/23 makes available an additional £3.7 billion to councils in England, including funding for adult social care reform. In total, we expect local authority Core Spending Power to rise from £50.4 billion in 2021/22 to up to £54.1 billion in 2022/23. The majority of this funding is un-ringfenced in recognition of local authorities being best placed to understand local priorities.

In addition, the Safer Streets Fund, which is administered by the Home Office, provides local organisations with the resources they need to tackle crime through evidence based and innovative interventions including improved CCTV. £50 million per year is being invested in the Safer Streets Fund over the next three years.