To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether basic command units will be coterminous with (a) unitary councils and (b) two-tier local government areas. (94671)

The boundaries of basic command units (BCUs) are determined by the responsible chief constable. Of some 225 BCUs we understand that all but six are either coterminous with a single district council or London borough, or are coterminous with a number of district councils when taken together, or when combined with a number of other BCUs are coterminous with a single council.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which local authorities are in each basic command unit area. (94674)

The boundaries of basic command Units (BCU) are determined by the responsible chief constable. I have placed in the Library a table detailing which local authorities constitute the whole or part of each BCU in England and Wales as at April 2006.