Stonehenge

HC Deb 10 July 1992 vol 211 cc370-2W

Mr. Simon Coombs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the cost to(a) the taxpayer and (b) the community charge payer or ratepayer of policing the Stonehenge area during the period of the summer solstice in each of the last 10 years; and what percentage of the total cost was accounted for by police overtime pay.

Mr. Charles Wardle

I understand from the chief constable of Wiltshire that the additional cost of policing the Stonehenge area during the period of the summer solstice was as follows:

Year	Additional cost
	£
1985	811,413
1986	526,060
1987	268,400
1988	383,500
1989	520,500

Year	Additional cost
	£
1990	288,000
1991	277,000
1992	1242,450
1 Estimate.

Details of the costs of overtime are not available. It is not possible to assign particular aspects of expenditure to the source of funding.