Dr Julian Huppert – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dr Julian Huppert on 2014-03-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of (a) the cost of one water cannon, (b) annual storage costs of one water cannon and (c) annual maintenance costs of one water cannon.

Damian Green

The Home Secretary has now received the request to authorise water cannon for use by the police in England and Wales. She is considering this request and will announce her decision in due course and lay the relevant information in the House Library.