HC Deb 10 February 1999 vol 325 cc259-60W
Mrs. Gillan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what was the total cost of(a) issuing and (b) serving the arrest warrant for General Pinochet; and what was the breakdown of costs; [70251]

(2) what out-of-hours costs were involved in the issuing and execution of the arrest warrant for General Pinochet. [70252]

Mr. Straw

[holding answer 9 February 1999]: The costs incurred in police operations are a matter for the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.

Mrs. Gillan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what contacts his Department had with journalists concerning the incorrect reports of General Pinochet's death in October 1998(a) before and (b) after the story was published. [70253]

Mr. Straw

[holding answer 9 February 1999]: My Department has no knowledge of any contacts with the media about this matter.