Home Secretary calls for review into decision to relocate Teesside's police helicopter to Newcastle - Gazette Live
and this from the Northern Echo
In response to pleas from Mr Wharton and other MPs, Mrs May has called on the Department of Transport to review the decision due to its expertise developed in relation to search and rescue helicopters.
Her letter to Mr Wharton reads: "This is an operational matter and it is right that chief constables and police and crime commissioners must determine the response to local circumstance. However, given that I have had the issue of the decisions to move some bases brought to my attention by yourself and other MPs, and given the strategic nature of Npas capability, I have decided that I should seek assurance the Npas has designed robustly and will, when implemented, provide proper national coverage of air support."