§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the police stations in the Metropolitan police area which are planned to have reduced hours when they are open to the public. [142981]
§ Mr. Charles Clarke[holding answer 15 December 2000]: The decision to restrict the opening hours of police stations is an operational matter for the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. I understand from the Commissioner that there are currently no plans to reduce the opening hours of any police station in the Metropolitan police area.
§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the police stations in the Metropolitan police area which are planned to close. [142985]
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§ Mr. Charles Clarke[holding answer 15 December 2000]: The decision to close police facilities is an operational matter for the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. I understand from the Commissioner that there are currently no plans to close any police stations in the Metropolitan police area.
§ 2000 Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the police stations in the Metropolitan police area on 1 December,(a)(b) 1997, (c) 1998 and (d) 1999. [142984]
§ Mr. Charles Clarke[holding answer 15 December 2000]: I understand from the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service that police stations within the Metropolitan police area at 21 November 2000 were as follows. Information for earlier years is not available.
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Borough Police stations Barking and Dagenham Barking Dagenham Marks Gate Barnet Barnet Colindale Finchley Golders Green Whetstone Bexley Belvedere Bexleyheath Sidcup Brent Chalkhill Harlesden Kilburn Kingsbury Wembley Willesden Bromley Beckenham Bromley Orpington Penge West Wickham Camden Albany Street Grays Inn Road Hampstead Kentish Town West Hampstead City of Westminster Belgravia Charing Cross Harrow Road Marylebone Paddington St. John's Wood West End Central Westminster Croydon Addington Croydon Kenley Norbury South Norwood Ealing Acton Ealing Greenford Norwood Green Perry Vale Southall Enfield Edmonton Enfield Ponders End Southgate
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Borough Police stations Greenwich Eltham Greenwich Plumstead Thamesmead Woolwich Hackney Dalston Hackney Shoreditch Stoke Newington Hammersmith and Fulham Fulham Hammersmith Shepherds Bush Haringey Hornsey Tottenham Wood Green Harrow South Harrow Havering Harold Hill Hornchurch Rainham Romford Upminster Hillingdon Hayes Ruislip Uxbridge West Drayton Hounslow Chiswick Feltham Hounslow Islington Holloway Islington Kensington and Chelsea Chelsea Kensington Notting Hill Kingston upon Thames Kingston Surbiton Lambeth Brixton Cavendish Road Clapham Gypsy Hill Kennington Streatham Lewisham Catford Deptford Lewisham Sydenham Merton Mitcham Morden Wimbledon Newham East Ham Forest Gate North Woolwich Plaistow Stratford Tarling Road Redbridge Barkingside Ilford Wanstead Woodford Richmond upon Thames Richmond Teddington Twickenham Southwark East Dulwich Peckham Rotherhithe Southwark Walworth Sutton Sutton Wallington
Borough Police stations Tower Hamlets Bethnal Green Bow Brick Lane Isle of Dogs Limehouse Poplar Waltham Forest Chingford Leyton Leytonstone Walthamstow Walthamstow Town Centre Wandsworth Arndale Centre Battersea Jubillee House Lavender Hill Tooting Wandsworth Heathrow Heathrow
§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list the police stations in the Metropolitan police area which reduced the hours when they are open to the public in(a) 1999 and (b) 2000 [142982]
(2) if he will list the police stations in the Metropolitan police area which have reduced the hours when they are open to the public since 1 May 1997. [142983]
§ 1999 Mr. Charles Clarke[holding answer 15 December 2000]: It is for the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis to determine the hours of business of police station public counters. I understand from the Commissioner that the following police stations reduced their opening hours in the calendar years since 1997:
1997
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- Belgravia
- Greenford
- Norwood Green
- North Greenwood
- Southgate
- Sydenham
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- Beckenham
- Belvedere
- Edgware
- Gypsy Hill
- Hayes
- Penge
- Pinner
- Ponders End
- Rotherhithe
- Rushton
- Sidcup
- Surbiton
- Tooting
- Wanstead
- Wealdstone
- West Drayton
- West Wickham
2000
- East Dulwich
- Kings Cross Police Office
- Harrow Road
- Orpington
- Paddington Green
- Uxbridge
- West Hampstead.