§ Mr. Tilleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many officers are assigned to instant response units in each of the 24 districts of the Metropolitan Police;
185W(2) how many instant response units there are in each of the 24 districts of the Metropolitan Police.
§ Mr. MayhewI would refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to a question by the hon. Member for Battersea, South, (Mr. Dubs) on 8 June. [Vol. 25, c.15–16]
§ Mr. Tilleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what occasions, in each of the 24 districts of the Metropolitan Police instant response units have been used in situations involving the maintenance of public order.
§ Mr. MayhewIn Notting Hill on 20 April this year, a local immediate response unit and others from adjoining districts dealt with an incident of spontaneous public disorder. In addition, immediate response units are regularly deployed in the policing of public order events such as marches and demonstrations. Details of that deployment could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.