HC Deb 14 February 2001 vol 363 cc174-5W
Miss McIntosh

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what specific role mobile police stations will play in reducing crime; if they will replace(a) officers on the beat and (b) high-speed police cars; and if he will make a statement. [149452]

Mr. Charles Clarke

A number of forces are using mobile police stations for increased visibility and accessibility, to reduce fear of crime, to enhance policing in rural areas, and as mobile custody units.

I strongly support this, and other, imaginative initiatives taking their place alongside beat officers and police vehicles as part of an overall approach to meeting local policing needs.