HC Deb 18 May 1989 vol 153 cc278-9W
Mr. Shersby

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish in theOfficial Report in tabular form a list of those harbours, docks and piers which employ persons sworn as special constables in accordance with the provisions of the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847 together with the name of the undertakers who are the employers in each case and the number of specials employed in each location.

Mr. Portillo

The harbour undertakings in Great Britain where there are special constables sworn in under the provisions of the 1847 Act, incorporated into local legislation, are:

Harbour undertaking Number employed
Port of Bristol Authority 45
Dover Harbour Board 86
A and P Appledore (Falmouth) Limited 9
Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company 34
Manchester Ship Canal Company 29
Milford Dock Company 5
Sealink Harbours Limited, Parkeston Quay1 27
Tees and Harlepool Port Authority 21
1 Employed by Protective Security Systems Limited on exclusive contract with Sealink.

There are also two in Northern Ireland:

Harbour undertaking Number employed
Belfast Harbour Commissioners 37
Lame Harbour Limited 16

Two undertakings employ police under local legislation which is fuller than the 1847 Act provisions:

Harbour undertaking Number employed
Port of London Authority 47
Mersey Docks and Harbour Company 102