§ Mr. Muddasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received regarding the provision of Falmouth with a police station; and what is the earliest date by which one can be provided.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggA bid for approval to plan a new police station at Falmouth was submitted to the Home Office in 1985 by the Devon and Cornwall police authority, but the application was not approved.
Last July, the authority raised again with the Department the question of a new police station, but it was told that we did not expect to be able to invite new bids for major police building schemes until May 1988. If the authority puts forward a bid then, it will be considered with the bids received from other authorities. If its bid is successful, the authority will be authorised to draw up detailed plans, but I cannot say at this stage when building work would commence.