SIR – Can anyone tell me what it cost to police the recent parade in honour of the prophet Mohammed’s birthday and the Sikh procession a few weeks before? And who paid?

I don’t begrudge these faiths their peaceful processions, but, in view of claims that policing the St. George’s Day Parade will be too expensive in future, it would be interesting to have some comparative figures.

Donald Brown, Northfield Gardens, Wibsey