§ Dr. Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on Warwickshire constabulary's police safe scheme; and if he will make a statement on the practice of making charges for police services of this nature. [6130]
§ Mr. MacleanThe Warwickshire constabulary's police safe scheme is a new computerised keyholder service which is designed to maintain accurate, up-to-date information about non-domestic commercial and community premises and so enable Warwickshire constabulary to identify and contact current keyholders whenever necessary, promptly and effectively.
Warwickshire constabulary intends to charge initial registration and annual renewal fees in respect of premises registered with police safe.
Under section IS of the Police Act 1964, the chief officer of police of any police force may provide, at the request of any person, special police services at any premises or in any locality in the police area for which the 1011W force is maintained, subject to the payment to the police authority of charges on such scales as may be determined by that authority.
Warwickshire constabulary has made it clear that it will continue to deal with incidents at any premises, whether registered with police safe or not, according to the circumstances and priorities at the time and will perform its duty to ensure that a basic level of action is taken to secure premises if necessary.