§ Mr. CorbettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many motorists leaving a rugby match at Twickenham on 6 December 1988 were stopped by the Metropolitan police; how many were asked to take a breathalyser test; how many were subsequently re-tested at a police station; and, of those, how many were charged.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggI refer the hon. Member to the reply given to a question by my hon. Friend the Member for Havant (Sir I. Lloyd) on 12 December 1988 at column463.
§ Mr. CorbettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the estimated cost to police funds of the operation mounted by the Metropolitan police to check motorists leaving the rugby match at Twickenham on 6 December 1988; and how many officers of what rank were involved and for what period.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggI understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that the operation involved three sergeants and 23 constables for four hours (two hours at the scene). Since the operation took place in normal police time no additional costs were incurred.
§ Mr. CorbettTo ask the Secretary of State for Home Affairs pursuant to his answer of 17 January to the hon. Member for Stretford (Mr. Lloyd),Official Report, column 139, whether he will call for a report from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis upon when the functioning and efficiency of breath testing instruments used on motorists leaving the rugby match at Twickenham on 6 December 1988 was last tested.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggI am advised by the Commissioner that the breath testing instruments used at Twickenham on 6 December 1988 were tested on 30 November 1988.