§ Mr. DicksTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for how long police protection has been provided for Mr. Salman Rushdie; and what has been the cost to public funds of that provision.
§ Mr. HurdOn 14 February 1989, the Metropolitan police decided that it was necessary to provide Mr. Rushdie with police protection. It would not be sensible to disclose information about police protection which would indicate its scale in a particular case.