To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answers of 25 February 2008, Official Report, column 2252W, on Merseyside Police: modernisation, whether the restructuring of the personnel, finance, marketing and audit staff of Merseyside Police has been notified to her by the Chief Constable of Merseyside Police. (188610)

[holding answer 22 February 2008]: Merseyside police have commissioned a review of support functions which has yet to conclude. Decisions on such a review are a matter for the chief constable in consultation with the Merseyside police authority.