HC Deb 11 December 1990 vol 182 cc353-4W
Mr. Pendry

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will call for a report as to the cost of policing the Police Federation conference for each of the past 10 years; and how much the federation was charged for that policing(a) in actual amounts and (b) as a percentage of total policing costs;

(2) if he will call for a report as to the cost of policing the Association of Chief Police Officers conference for each of the past 10 years; and how much the association was charged for that policing (a) in actual amounts and (b) as a percentage of total policing costs;

(3) if he will call for a report as to the cost of policing the Police Superintendents Association conference for each of the past 10 years; and how much the association was charged for that policing (a) in actual amounts and (b) as a percentage of total policing costs.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

Any charges made under section 15 of the Police Act 1964 would have been a matter for the police authority concerned. No information on them is held centrally.

Mr. Pendry

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will call for a report as to the total cost of policing the Labour party conference for each of the past 10 years; and how much the Labour party was charged for that policing(a) in actual amounts and (b) as a percentage of total policing costs;

(2) if he will call for a report as to the total cost of policing the Conservative party conference for each of the past 10 years; and how much the Conservative party was charged for that policing (a) in actual amounts and (b) as a percentage of total policing costs.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

I understand from the chief officers of the forces concerned that the additional costs of policing the Conservative and Labour party conferences from 1987 onwards were estimated as follows:

Conservative
Force Year Additional cost £
Lancashire 1987 829,000
Sussex 1988 1,400,000
Lancashire 1989 1,08,000
Dorset 1990 2,000,000
Labour
Force Year Additional cost £
Sussex 1987 23,000
Lancashire 1988 61,000
Sussex 1989 4,000
Lancashire 1990 97,545

Previous figures are not held centrally. No contribution to these costs was made by the political parties concerned. The level of policing is a matter for the chief constable concerned, having regard to the threat and all other relevant circumstances.