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Sporting Events (Policing)

Volume 311: debated on Thursday 30 April 1998

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate the percentage of commercial sporting events for the policing of which police forces presently charge; and if he will make a statement. [40235]

There is no information held centrally on which to base such an estimate. It is for chief officers of police to decide when to charge for the policing of commercial sporting events.