§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many miles of road are now 339W regularly patrolled and policed by traffic department officers within the Greater London area; and if he will identify the major roads currently covered by traffic patrols and provide details of the major roads and mileage patrolled in each year from 1979.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe Commissioner has informed me that traffic officers regularly patrol all the major routes within the Metropolitan police district. These include 1,054 miles of A or A/M class roads and 75 miles of motorway. Figures for the miles of road patrolled in the years 1979 to 1985 are not readily available.