§ 43. Mr. FallonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to provide information on those policing costs of football matches which are not recouped from the clubs.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggNo. It is for chief officers of police to decide, in the light of local circumstances, how many police officers should be deployed outside the ground at football matches. Information on the costs of providing this service could not be collected centrally without disproportionate cost.