HC Deb 02 November 1995 vol 265 cc384-5W
Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to extend charges made upon London football clubs for police presence in or at stadiums to include all officers employed outside the ground in connection with matches; and if he will make a statement. [41179]

Mr. Maclean

Policing outside football grounds is part of the duty of the police to maintain law and order in public places and to keep traffic flowing. It would not be appropriate to make charges.

Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the payments to police forces made by each of London's Premier and Football League clubs in season 1994–95 and 1995–96 to date. [41181]

Mr. Maclean

I understand from the Metropolitan police that the payments—which are not necessarily the same as the amounts billed—are those given in the table.

Payments to Metropolitan police
Club 1994–95 season £ 1995–96 season1 £
Arsenal 332,659.52 9,499.91
Barnet 49,524.31 5,159.90
Brentford 69,016.21 0.00
Charlton 25,427.74 2,974.75
Chelsea 363,476.16 21,187.40
Crystal Palace 183,057.73 0.00
Fulham 35,513.76 2,021.40
Leyton Orient 16,293.57 7,023.21
Payments to Metropolitan police
Club 1994–95 season £ 1995–96 season1 £
Millwall 125,840.29 29,625.22
Queens Park Rangers 100,058.84 0.00
Tottenham Hotspur 161,127.84 0.00
West Ham United 172,376.87 0.00
Wimbledon 130,932.86 28,443.58
Total 1,765,305.70 105,935.37
1 (as at 30-09-95)