§ Mr. GeorgeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has had discussions with the West Midlands police authority about the percentage of the costs of the inquiry being undertaken by its officers into the Hillsborough disaster to be borne by central funding.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggI refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak (Mr. Beaumont-Dark) on 28 April 1989, at column702.
§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his reply of 24 April,Official Report, column 406, if any information about assaults on police officers on duty at Hillsborough has been collated.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggInformation about assaults on police officers at Hillsborough on 15 April is being collated for the South Yorkshire police as part of the inquiry being carried out by the chief constable of the West Midlands police.
§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, pursuant to his reply of 21 April,Official Report, column 342, in which he stated 19 police officers had so far been recorded as having received medical treatment for physical injuries sustained on duty at Hillsborough, he will state in each case how the physical injury was caused.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggIt is not yet possible to state how these injuries were caused. The inquiry by the chief constable of West Midlands police may cast further light on these matters.