HC Deb 21 April 1988 vol 131 c517W
25. Mr. Latham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what response he has made to the request from the Leicestershire police authority for a higher police establishment; and whether he will make a statement.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The Police Authority has been informed that its application will be considered in the light of advice from Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary along with applications from other authorities for increases in establishment in 1988–89.