§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his most recent estimate is of the average response time to grade I incidents by the Avon and Somerset Constabulary in(a) rural areas and (b) urban areas; and if he will make a statement. [89696]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 14 January 2003]The most recent figures available are those given in Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) annual report, published on 9 December 2002. These show that the response times for attending incidents in(a) rural areas were 85.3 per cent. within 20 minutes and (b) in urban areas 83.9 per cent. within 15 minutes.