Written question asked by Keith Vaz (Labour) on Thursday, 26 February 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 2 March 2009. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Wednesday, 4 March 2009 on behalf of the Home Office.

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Police: Demonstrations

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her estimate is of the number of police hours spent on policing public protests in the last 12 months; and how much of the policing budget was allocated for such work in 2008-09.

Answer

The Home Office does not hold data on number of police hours spent on policing public protests or a breakdown of police budgets dedicated to such work.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

488 c1640W; 260283

Session

2008-09

Subjects

Demonstrations Police

Link

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