§ Mrs. BrintonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make road policing a national core policing objective. [21680]
§ Mr. MichaelIt is not the purpose of the national key objectives for the police to provide a list of all the essential services and tasks of the Police Service and currently I have no plans to make traffic policing the subject of a key objective. When my right hon. Friend wrote to chief constables on 3 November to announce the key objectives for 1998–99, he stressed that traffic policing is a central part of the police's responsibilities and is expected to play a full part in achieving the overall objectives for the police service, particularly in relation to community safety and crime reduction and in achieving a safer environment on the roads.