§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the police cells at Chorley will be brought up to Health and Safety Executive approved standard. [122172]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeA £300,000 refurbishment of Chorley police station is in progress, and I understand that the police station will meet all applicable health and safety standards when it is complete.
§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people arrested in Chorley have been detained in police cells in(a) South Ribble and (b) Skelmersdale, in the last year for which figures are available; and of those detained, how many were arrested in Chorley. [122170]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThis information is not held centrally.
§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times in the last two years Greater Manchester police have assisted in operations in Chorley. [122173]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeOfficers from Greater Manchester and Lancashire collaborate on routine operations on a day-to-day basis in Chorley and this has proved very successful. There has been only one pre-planned organised collaboration in the area, Operation Coalition, involving both forces.