HC Deb 05 June 1997 vol 295 cc225-6W
Sir Teddy Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what has been the cost to public funds to date of the actions in respect of environmental activists opposing developments at Manchester Airport; and if he will make a statement. [2012]

Ms Glenda Jackson

The expense being incurred by the Under-Sheriff of Cheshire in removing the protesters from the site of the second runway at Manchester Airport is being met by the airport company and the contractors, without cost to public funds. The additional cost to Cheshire Constabulary of the policing operation at the site as at 17 April, the latest date for which information is available, was £111,000. The additional cost to Greater Manchester Police as at 30 May is estimated to be £274,000. There is in addition the cost of court hearings, although fees are payable towards that cost.