§ Mr. GardinerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the financial costs to the Metropolitan Police of the additional security arrangements in London in response to the recent nail bomb attacks; and what additional financial provision he proposes to make to cover these costs. [83888]
§ Kate HoeyThe Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis tells me that the estimated cost of the enhanced high visibility policing provided to reassure the public, in particular, in policing in areas populated or frequented by all known minority groups, as part of the measures to combat the recent nail bombings, is £1,435,144. The figures do not include policing of the bomb scenes themselves.
These policing operations were of the character for which the funding of the Metropolitan Police already provides.