Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on (a) communications, (b) advertising and (c) marketing for the Safer Streets Fund.

The Safer Streets Fund is promoted through meetings and correspondence with the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, the National Police Chiefs’ Council, the Local Government Association, the Welsh Government and civil society organisations.

The criteria for the Fund is published on Gov.uk, as are announcements setting out which areas have been successful in receiving funding. No specific, central Government funds are spent on marketing or advertising, though many local projects who are awarded funding undertake engagement and communications activity to promote their crime prevention activities.