HC Deb 06 February 1985 vol 72 c570W
Mr. Holt

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the annual cost on both capital and revenue account for each of the past five years of the Post Office detector van service.

Mr. Giles Shaw:

The charges to the Home Office for the detector van service were as follows:

Capital costs Operating costs
£ £
1979–80 60,000 1,113,000
1980–81 25,000 1,317,000
1981–82 15,000 1,362,000
1982–83 12,000 985,000
1983–84 59,000 668,000