HC Deb 20 February 1992 vol 204 c263W
10. Mr. Morley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will issue guidelines to police forces about recovering costs of policing from fox and deer hunts along the same lines as costs recovered from football and other sporting activity.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

Policing inside football grounds and at similar events is provided as a special police service, for which charges can be made under section 15 of the Police Act 1964. The guidance which has been issued on policing at football grounds includes general guidance on the principles of charging for special police services. The decision whether to provide a special police service is a matter for the chief constable concerned.