§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his estimate is of the cost borne by the Dorset police authority of secondments to(a) the NCIS, (b) the Police Staff College, (c) police training centres, (d) the International Police Task Force in Bosnia and (e) Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary. [36805]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 25 February 2002]: I have been advised by the chief constable of Dorset that while an officer is seconded to the bodies named in the question, their pay, allowances and overtime are met initially by Dorset police but all costs are subsequently recharged to the seconding body. There are therefore no direct costs to Dorset police authority arising from these secondments.