§ Ms ShipleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the design and construction quality of new police stations. [39541]
§ Mr. DenhamThe Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) receives grant-in-aid from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in order to fulfil its remit to promote high standards in the design of public buildings. The Home Office, along with other Government Departments, is fully committed to my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister's Better Public Buildings Initiative, and is working with CABE at a practical level in order to achieve excellence in design and construction in the built environment.
The design and construction of new police stations is the direct responsibility of individual police authorities and is subject to town planning control procedures. The Department is working with CABE and police authorities to support the achievement of better design and construction quality in new police stations.