§ Mr. Bernie GrantTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how much it cost to send two Scotland Yard detectives to accompany Mr. Errol "Ranking Dread" Codling to Jamaica recently; how long the detectives spent in Jamaica; and where they were accommodated;
(2) pursuant to his reply of 1 December, Official Report, column 400, why it was necessary to send two Scotland Yard detectives to accompany Mr. Errol "Ranking Dread" Codling to Jamaica on 8 November.
§ Mr. Douglas Hogg[holding answers 1 December and 8 December 1988]: Mr. Codling was removed from the United Kingdom as an illegal entrant on 9 November following his earlier deportation from the United States of America to the United Kingdom under a false name and using a United Kingdom passport which he had obtained fraudulently. As he was also wanted in Jamaica in connection with a crime of violence, he was accompanied by two police officers.
The police officers took hotel accommodation in Jamaica and arrived back in this country on 13 November. During their stay they carried out a number of inquiries relating to crimes in this country. The travel and subsistence costs of the officers totalled £3,724.