HC Deb 24 November 1994 vol 250 cc296-7W
Mr. Parry

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the list of Members who have made representations concerning reductions in the Merseyside police budget; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Maclean

The budget for the Merseyside police is a matter for the Merseyside police authority.

Correspondence on the issue of central Government support for the Merseyside police has been received from the hon. Members for:

  • Bootle (Mr. Benton)
  • Walton (Mr. Kilfoyle)
  • Riverside (Mr. Parry)
  • Mossley Hill (Mr. Alton)
  • Garston (Mr. Loyden)
  • Wirral, West (Mr. Hunt ME)
  • Wirral, South (Mr. Porter)
  • Crosby (Mr. Thornton)
  • Knowsley, North (Mr. Howarth)
  • St Helens, North (Mr. Evans)
  • St Helens, South (Mr. Bermingham)
  • Southport (Mr. Banks)
  • Knowsley, South (Mr. O'Hara)

Funding levels for police forces in 1995–96 will be issued shortly after the Budget statement.

Mr. Parry

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received concerning reductions in the budget for the Merseyside police.

Mr. Maclean

[holding answer 23 November 1994]: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to his question on 26 October at column 642.

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