§ Mr. Barnettasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many parked cars were taken away by police in the Metropolitan area on 22nd July; how many staff of all kinds were involved; how many were taken away in the year to 31st December 1965, or the earliest full year for which information is available; how many staff were involved; what was the amount of fines collected; what was the total annual cost of these operations; and what criteria are adopted in deciding which cars shall be removed.
§ Mr. Roy Jenkins152; this information is not available; 49,537; this information is not available; £243 10s. 0d. in removal and storage charges was collected in respect of 22nd July, 1966, and £89,139 in 1965; the total annual cost has not been estimated; cars are removed for infractions of the provisions of parking place orders and infringements of experimental traffic orders, contravention of statutory prohibitions, causing serious obstruction or danger, or being abandoned.