§ Mr. Goodladasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proposals he has to facilitate the availability of statistics of orders for foreign manufactured cars by police forces in England and Wales.
§ Dr. SummerskillMy right hon. Friend does not propose to ask police forces to notify orders for, as well as acquisitions of, foreign cars. The number of such cars in police fleets is published annually in the report, which is laid before Parliament, of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary.
§ Mr. Goodladasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign manufactured cars have been acquired by constabularies throughout the United Kingdom in January 1978; and if he will list the constabularies concerned.
§ Dr. SummerskillNo such acquisitions have been notified to the Home Office.
§ Mr. Goodladasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign manufactured motor bicycles have been acquired by constabularies throughout the United Kingdom in the last 12 months; how the figure compares with 581W comparable periods over the past four years; and if he will list the constabularies concerned.
Foreign motor cycles of 600cc and above Foreign motor cycles of 600cc Force 1974 1975 1976 1977 1974 1975 1976 1977 Avon and Somerset … … — 3 19 6 — 3 17 — Bedfordshire … … … — — 2 6 — 1 — — Cambridgeshire … … — — 6 8 — — — — Cheshire … … … — — 18 22 — 2 2 — Cleveland … … … 2 — 5 3 — 2 — — Cumbria … … … — — 4 6 — — 6 7 Derbyshire … … … — — 5 8 — — — — Devon and Cornwall … … … — — — — 5 5 5 5 Dorset … … … — — 6 10 — 6 10 — Durham … … … — — 4 4 — — — — Essex … … … … 3 12 16 11 — — — — Gloucestershire … … — 4 6 4 — 12 12 12 Greater Manchester … … — — 24 — 13 14 — — Gwent … … … … 2 6 8 — — — — — Hampshire … … … — — 11 23 — 24 3 26 Hertfordshire … … … — — — — 3 5 7 6 Humberside … … … — — — 6 3 5 — — Kent … … … … — — 2 68 61 10 38 24 Lancashire … … … — — — 29 — 5 — — Leicestershire … … … — — 9 15 — — — — Lincolnshire … … … — — 5 11 — — — — Merseyside … … … — — — 12 — — — — Norfolk … … … — — 1 7 8 7 — — Northamptonshire … … — — 3 7 — — — — Northumbria … … … — — 6 14 — — — — North Wales … … … — — — 9 — 5 — — North Yorkshire … … … — — — 6 — — — — Nottinghamshire … … — — — 10 11 32 8 5 South Wales … … … — — — 11 — — 5 — South Yorkshire … … — — — 15 — — — 2 Staffordshire … … … — — — 10 — 3 1 — Suffolk … … … … — 10 5 4 — — — — Surrey … … … … — — 18 17 1 2 — — Sussex … … … … 1 — 15 1 19 12 13 11 Thames Valley … … 8 8 8 12 — — — — Warwickshire … … — — 1 2 — — — — West Mercia … … … — 6 6 6 — — — — West Midlands … … — — 29 24 — 20 12 10 West Yorkshire … … 1 — 6 6 5 — — — Wiltshire … … … — — 6 6 — 1 — — City of London … … — 2 6 6 — — — — Metropolitan … … … — 3 19 53 60 2 11 1 Total … … … 17 54 279 478 189 178 150 109
§ Mr. Goodladasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what directives his Department has issued to constabularies in England and Wales in connection with the purchase of foreign manufactured cars and motor cycles.
§ Dr. SummerskillPolice authorities and chief officers of police were told in June 1975 that we assumed that they would wish to survey the market carefully before buying foreign cars and motor cycles and satisfy themselves that no suitable British-made vehicles of comparable specification and price were available.
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§ Dr. SummerskillThe Home Office has been notified over the four-year period of the following acquisitions: