§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis as to how many times during the past 12 months a Metropolitan police helicopter has been used in Newham; what incidents were involved; and what arrests resulted from information received from the helicopter crew.
§ Mr. Douglas Hogg[pursuant to his reply, 11 February 1987, c. 218]: I understand from the Commissioner of 424W Police of the Metropolis that the Metropolitan police air support unit answered 165 calls in the London borough of Newham in 1986. These calls concerned various matters, including robberies, burglaries, traffic and searches for missing persons. Forty two arrests resulted from the incidents in which the helicopters were used.