§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the President of the Board of Trade (1), pursuant to the oral answer of 27 April 1998,Official Report, column 21, what is the current force establishment of the UKAEA Constabulary; and what is the planned establishment for each of the next three years; [41084]
(2) if she will list the sites policed by the UKAEA Constabulary in each of the last five years, indicating (a) when they first assumed responsibility and (b) when they ceased to have responsibility; [41088]
(3) pursuant to the oral answer of 27 April 1998, Official Report, column 21, over what period of time the Chief Constable had raised his concerns about police numbers at (a) Dounreay and (b) other nuclear installations; [41090]
(4) pursuant to her answer of 30 April 1998, Official Report, column 237, what reviews have been commissioned which have still to report; what sites these relate to; and if she will make a statement; [41092]
(5) pursuant to her answer of 30 April 1998, Official Report, column 237, if she will list the two sites referred to; what was the increase in staff; for what period of time the increases were agreed; and what was the consequential effect on the overall police establishment; [41083]
(6) if she will list the category of each site for which the UKAEA Constabulary had responsibility over the last five years indicating when category changes took place and the associated change in police establishments; [41089]
(7) pursuant to the oral answer of 27 April 1998, Official Report, column 21, what conditions were attached to the agreement for an increase in police numbers at Dounreay; [41091]
(8) pursuant to the oral answer of 27 April 1998, Official Report, column 21, for which sites in each of the last three years the Chief Constable has requested extra police staffing; on what dates; and with what outcome; [41087]
36W(9) pursuant to the oral answer of 27 April 1998, Official Report, column 21, on what occasions the Chief Constable has made representations on UKAEA police numbers to ministers in the past five years; in relation to which sites; and with what outcome. [41082]
§ Mr. Battle[holding answer 6 May 1998]The UKAEA Constabulary polices sites at Chapelcross, Risley, Sellafield, Springfields, Capenhurst, Dounreay, Harwell, and Winfrith. It assumed responsibility for policing these sites in 1955, with the exception of Chapelcross and Winfrith, where the relevant dates are 1956 and 1957 respectively.
The current force establishment of the UKAEA Constabulary is 471. Police numbers at all sites are subject to a continuing process of review and are approved as necessary by the Police Authority in the light of developing requirements. It is normal security practice not to reveal details relating to the police establishment at particular sites, or the security category of those sites, because this information is of potential use to criminals. The Chief Constable's requests for extra staffing in the past three years have been met in full. He has made no representations to Ministers on UKAEA Constabulary numbers.
§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to the oral answer of 27 April 1998,Official Report, column 21, if she will list the membership of the UKAEA Police Authority, indicating for each member their current employment. [41085]
§ Mr. Battle[holding answer 6 May 1998]The members of the Police Authority are Mr. J. Bretherton, Director Corporate Services, UKAEA; Dr. R. L. Nelson OBE, Director of Dounreay, UKAEA; Dr. E. Drage, Director Euratom, Nuclear Safety, Security and Emergency Planning, Department of Trade and Industry (advised by the Director of Civil Nuclear Security); Dr. R. Howsley, Head, Security and International Safeguards, British Nuclear Fuels plc (BNFL); Mr. G. R. Smith, Head of Sellafield site, BNFL; and Dr. P. Upson, Managing Director Technical, Urenco Limited. Sir John Woodcock CBE QPM, Police adviser to the UKAEA Police Authority, also attends Police Authority meetings.