§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will call for a report from the chief constable showing the extra number of police involved on duty as a result of the disturbances at the Newmarket racecourse on Thursday 1st May and the extra cost this gave rise to; and whether he will make a statement.
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§ Mr. Roy JenkinsThree police forces were involved, the Cambridgeshire and Suffolk Constabularies and the Metropolitan Police. The number of extra police officers involved on 1st May was five, on 2nd May 48, and 3rd May 78. The figures for 2nd and 3rd May include four mounted policemen from the Metropolitan Police. It would involve considerable work to estimate the additional cost to which the deployment of officers who would not otherwise have been on duty gave rise.