HC Deb 22 July 1993 vol 229 c368W
18. Mr. Kynoch

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how he intends to devolve responsibility for policing decisions to local level.

Mr. Charles Wardle

We intend to abolish unnecessary central controls on police manpower and capital expenditure. Stronger local police authorities will set clear local objectives. Chief constables will then be free to decide how to deploy the available resources to meet the policing needs of their area.