§ Mr. Russellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of the cost of the services provided by mobile police patrols in escorting abnormally bulky and slow-moving loads transported by road is charged to the firms transporting the loads; and from what other duties these police patrols are taken in order to perform these services.
§ Sir D. Maxwell FyfeNone of the cost of providing mobile police patrols to escort abnormal loads, and thereby to minimise inconvenience to other road users, is charged to the firms concerned. The patrols are normally employed on general traffic duties.