§ Mr. MackinlayTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what assessment has been made of the number of additional Royal Parks Constabulary police officers that will have to be deployed and the number of officers that will have to be redeployed consequent upon the opening of Buckingham palace to the public; and what assessment he has made of the cost implications.
§ Mr. SproatI have been asked to reply.
Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Royal Parks Agency under its chief executive, Mr. David Welch. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given and I shall place a copy of his reply in the Library.
Letter from Mr. D. Welch to Andrew Mackinlay, dated 30 June 1993:
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for National Heritage has asked me to reply to your Written Parliamentary Question asking:
what assessment has been made of the number of additional Royal Parks Constabulary police officers that will have to be deployed and the number of officers that will have to be redeployed consequent upon the opening of Buckingham Palace to the public; and what assessment he has made of the cost implications.
84WThe Royal Parks have been in close contact with Buckingham Palace about their arrangements for opening to the public. The Royal Parks Constabulary already police St. James's Park and we do not envisage that any additional manpower will be required.