§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many qualified mechanics are employed in servicing the green goddess fire appliance fleet based at Bruntingthorpe aerodrome;
(2) what inspection system his Department has introduced to check the quality of maintenance of work carried out on the green goddess fire appliance fleet by private contractors;
(3) what steps are taken to ensure that the green goddess fire appliance fleet, based at Bruntingthorpe aerodrome, is being properly serviced.
§ Mr. John PattenUnder interim arrangements, five qualified mechanics, supported by two labourers, are employed in servicing the appliances currently based at Bruntingthorpe, and the work is overseen by a Home
Number of seizures (and weight in grams) of "crack" in 1989 by police region in which seized and month of analysis August September October November December Police region Seizures Weight Seizures Weight Seizures Weight Seizures Weight Seizures Weight 1.Greater Manchester Merseyside Lancashire North Wales 3 (3.21) 1 (0.79) 4 (1.64) 4 (1.41) — — 2. North East — — — — — — — — — — 3. Nottinghamshire South Yorkshire West Yorkshire 3 (25.21) — — 1 (trace) 4 (5.45) 2 (0.65) 4. West Midlands 4 (3.39) 2 (0.07) — — 1 (2.03) — — 5. Essex 2 (0.11) — — — — — — 1 (0.35) 6. Surrey — — 1 (trace) 1 (trace) — — — — 7. Avon and Somerset Dorset 6 (1.07) 4 (8.71) 1 (0.33) — — — — 8. South Wales — — — — — — — — — — 9. Metropolitan Police 16 (11.84) — — 15 (9.57) 14 (12.69) 110 (1.40) 10. Scotland — — — — — — — — — — 11. Northern Ireland — — — — — — — — — — 1 Includes one seizure of 0.2 gram by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise analysed by the Laboratory of the Government Chemist. Crack is not generally imported but produced in the United Kingdom from cocaine.