Metropolitan Police Arts and Antiques Squad: Finance

Tim Loughton
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how much funding has been allocated to the Metropolitan Police Arts and Antiques Squad in each of the last three years;

(2) what plans she has to expand the Metropolitan Police Arts and Antiques Squad; and if she will make a statement.

Mr. McNulty
Funding of the Arts and Antiques Unit is an operational matter for the Metropolitan Police Commissioner.