§ Q39. Mr. LathamTo ask the Prime Minister whether she will make a statement on the discussions with the Police Federation regarding the Police (Amendment) Regulations 1990.
§ The Prime MinisterThe regulations laid on 9 March took account of representations made by my hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge (Mr. Shersby) and representatives of the staff side of the Police Federation, at a meeting with my right hon. and learned Friend the Home Secretary on 17 January. Since the regulations were laid, further representations have been made about the position of officers in forces whose maximum limits of rent allowance were last reviewed in 1988. As a result my right hon. and learned Friend has decided that the protected rent allowances in such cases should be increased in line with the movement in the retail prices index since the date of the force's last rent allowance review. Further amending regulations to give effect to that decision will be laid as soon as possible.