Written question asked by Gordon Prentice (Labour) on Thursday, 18 March 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 24 March 1999. It was answered by Lord Boateng (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 March 1999 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 15th March, Official Report, 327 c495W, if he will rank police forces according to the number of accidents in 1997-98 involving police vehicles which resulted in injury and death. - Inc ref to 323 c334W, 18 January 1999.

Answer: Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 15 March 1999, Official Report, column 495, if he will rank police forces according to the number of accidents in 1997-98 involving police vehicles which resulted in injury and death. [78203] Mr. Boateng: Ranking of police forces by number of accidents involving police vehicles would be misleading, as many different factors can affect the figures, such as force size and local road conditions. For accidents during pursuits and emergency responses broken down by force, I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Eltham (Mr. Efford) on 18 January 1999, Official Report, column 334.

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