§ Mr. Tony BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the total cost to his Department for arrangements arising from the 1993 Conservative party conference in Blackpool.
§ Mr. HanleyIn response to a routine request from the Lancashire police, a small number of specialist military personnel were deployed to assist the police in searching the conference area for explosive devices and on standby for potential bomb disposal tasks. No readily identifiable additional costs to the defence budget arose from this operation.
In addition, staff from Ministers' private offices visited Blackpool in order to deal with departmental work. Travel, subsistence and communications costs were incurred on defence votes.