Stephen Doughty – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Doughty on 2014-04-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the proposal set out in Baroness Newlove’s report, Our Vision for Safe and Active Communities, for a Bling Back scheme where money made from selling local drug dealers’ assets is handed back to the neighbourhood.

Karen Bradley

There has been a scheme since 2004 whereby a proportion of the proceeds of
crime recovered from drug dealers and other criminals are returned to law
enforcement agencies. The money returned to law enforcement has been used to
support a continued increase in the amounts recovered from criminals and can be
invested in community projects.