HC Deb 04 July 1958 vol 590 c130W
Mr. C. Howell

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what arrangements the Metropolitan Police have made for insurance cover to be provided where police officers in the force remove vehicles under the provision of the Road Traffic Act, 1957, without the owner's consent.

Mr. R. A. Butler

None. Such vehicles when driven by the Metropolitan Police are regarded as vehicles driven for police purposes, and liability for any loss or damage where the police driver was at fault would be accepted as in the case of a police vehicle.