HC Deb 11 December 1990 vol 182 cc351-2W
Mr. Pendry

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will call for a report as to the total cost of policing the Madonna concerts at Wembley in 1990; and how much the promoters of that event were charged for that policing(a) in actual amounts and (b) as a percentage of total policing costs;

(2) if he will call for a report as to the total cost of policing the Knebworth rock festival for each of the past 10 years; and how much the promoters of that event were charged for that policing (a) in actual amounts and (b) as a percentage of total policing costs;

(3) if he will call for a report as to the total cost of policing the Castle Donnington "Monsters of Rock" festival for each of the past 10 years; and how much the promoters of that event were charged for that policing (a) in actual amounts and (b) as a percentage of total policing costs;

(4) if he will call for a report as to the total cost of policing Ascot racecourse for each of the past 10 years; and how much Ascot was charged for this policing (a) in actual amounts and (b) as a percentage of total policing costs;

(5) if he will call for a report as to the total cost of policing the Glastonbury rock festival for each of the past 10 years; and how much the promoters of that event were charged for that policing (a) in actual amounts and (b) as a percentage of the total policing costs.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

Any charges under section 15 of the Police Act 1964 would have been a matter for the police authority concerned. No information on them is held centrally.