To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what effect on the security of court buildings will result from the Home Office scrutiny of police duties; and if he will make a statement [35737]

The recommendations of the recent efficiency scrutiny, which examiend the administrative burdens on the police in the context of their role in the criminal justice system, are still under consideration.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the decision was taken, and by whom, to end the police presence at Liverpool combined court centre; when that decision was implemented; how many complaints have been made about that decision; and what security incidents have taken place since that decision was implemented. [35742]

Decisions regarding the level of policing in public places, for example the Crown court, are operational matters for the chief officer of the force concerned.