§ Mr. BeithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of police stations in each police force are accessible to disabled people; and if he will make a statement. [68957]
§ Mr. BoatengThe information requested is not collected centrally in the manner requested. The Audit Commission published details, in January 1999, of the number of police authority buildings open to the public and those which have access to and are usable by the disabled. These are set out in the table.
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Police authority Buildings open to public Accessible/ usable by disabled Percentage Avon and Somerset 46 7 15 Bedfordshire 12 1 8 Cambridgeshire 29 1 3 Cheshire 40 3 8 City of London1 4 3 75 Cumbria 24 5 21 Derbyshire 29 1 3 Devon and Cornwall 51 19 37 Dorset 35 23 66 Durham 13 0 0 Dyfed-Powys 55 1 2 Essex 105 7 7 Gloucestershire 52 3 6 Greater Manchester 74 6 8 Gwent 58 6 10 Hampshire 54 28 52 Hertfordshire 23 4 17 Humberside 28 14 50 Kent 36 0 0 Lancashire 113 17 15 Leicestershire 27 7 26 Lincolnshire 24 8 33 Merseyside 47 19 40 Norfolk 46 16 35 Northamptonshire 12 10 83 Northumbria 51 8 16 North Wales 61 46 75 North Yorkshire 33 0 0
Police authority Buildings open to public Accessible/ usable by disabled Percentage Nottinghamshire 69 4 6 South Wales 55 13 24 South Yorkshire 91 12 13 Staffordshire 49 3 6 Suffolk 28 8 29 Surrey 30 0 0 Sussex 32 25 78 Thames Valley 43 7 16 Warwickshire 20 8 40 West Mercia 54 6 11 West Midlands 68 27 40 West Yorkshire 50 0 0 Wiltshire 25 2 8 Metropolitan police 191 81 42 Totals 1,987 459 23 1Home Office figures Source:
Figures published by the Audit Commission: January 1999