§ Mr. MackinlayTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 3 April 2000,Official Report, column 379W, for what reason information about the cost of Operation Nightshade is not available; and if he will make a statement. [118620]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis informs me that Operation Nightshade was an operation undertaken by the now disbanded South East Regional Crime Squad (SERCS). Records of the cost of individual SERCS operations are no longer available.