§ Mr.Spearingasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what use has been made in the Metropolitan police area of section 34 of the Civil Justices Act 1972 which enables a police constable to take a drunken offender to a treatment centre as an alternative to arrest; and how many such centres now operate within the Metropolitan police area.
§ Mr. MellorNone of the three centres at present approved under section 34 of the Criminal Justice Act 1972 is in the Metropolitan police district.