To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the chief constable on police manning levels in Seaham and Peterlee in the years 1989–90 and 1990–91; and if he will make a statement.

The deployment of police manpower within a force area is a matter for the chief constable. I understand from the chief constable of Durham that the information requested is as follows:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many car thefts there have been in the. Seaham and Peterlee area in each year since 1988–89.

The information requested is not collected centrally.