HC Deb 04 May 2004 vol 420 cc1480-1W
Patrick Mercer

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent in each of the last three years on the manned customs point that is staffed by the UK at Coquelles in France. [169967]

John Healey

The Law Enforcement arm of HM Customs and Excise is a flexible and intelligence-led organisation which regularly reviews its resource deployments against their latest assessment of risks. Information about the deployment of Customs staff at specific locations is not available; exemption 4(b) (Law enforcement and legal proceedings) of the Open Government Code applies.