§ Miss WiddecombeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what duties the police officers and the patrol car used for the photo opportunity to announce his appointment as Home Secretary were withdrawn from; and if he will make a statement; [5777]
(2) what advice he received from the duty officer at Belgravia police station about the availability of police resources for the photo opportunity to announce his appointment as Home Secretary; and if he will make a statement. [5778]
§ Mr. DenhamThe Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis informs me that two police officers and one police vehicle deployed from Belgravia Police Station were present at the photo opportunity outside the Home Office on 9 June. They had already been assigned to security patrol in the same vicinity, and remained available for redeployment elsewhere if the need arose.