HC Deb 25 May 1978 vol 950 cc662-3W
Mr. Shersby

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if there are any plans for the closure of police stations in the London borough of Hillingdon; and if he will make a statement.

Sir George Young

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether it is Her Majesty's Government's policy to concentrate police services in the London borough of Ealing at Ealing police station;

(2) what proposals he has authorised to change the status of Acton police station.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

I refer the hon. Members to the reply I gave to a Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Islington, South and Finsbury on 3rd March.—[Vol. 945, c. 399–400.]

The studies of local policing arrangements are still being conducted and I understand that no firm recommendations have yet been made to the Commissioner for the future pattern of police stations in any area. The question of the future of individual police stations primarily involves the deployment of operational resources and is therefore a matter for the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.