HC Deb 27 November 2003 vol 415 cc396-7W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what support he gives to police air support units; in which locations; and what bids have been submitted in the most recent round. [141196]

Ms Blears

£4 million is made available each year towards capital funding for police air support units in England and Wales.

Bids currently under consideration by the Home Office for capital funding in the next financial year have been received from the following forces:

Cambridgeshire

Cheshire

Derbyshire

Dorset

Dyfed Powys

Essex

Leicestershire

Metropolitan police

Northumbria (on behalf of the North East Consortium which includes Durham and Cleveland police)

North Wales

Suffolk

West Yorkshire

A decision on the allocation of capital funding for 2004–05 will be announced in January 2004.