SUSSEX Police has been served with a Freedom of Information request relating to Shoreham Police Station.
It calls for the costs of relocating staff from the Ham Road station to be published.
Jemima Bland, parliamentary Liberal Democrat candidate for East Worthing and Shoreham, put in the request last week because she feels more detailed financial information should be made public.
She wants to know how many staff will be relocated, how much accommodation they currently occupy at Shoreham Police Station and how much space they will need elsewhere.
She said: “Sussex Police have claimed there will be savings by closing police stations, but they have provided no detailed figures about the costs of housing police officers and civilian staff elsewhere.
“The way they have presented figures in the document announcing the closure does not enable the public to see both sides of the balance sheet – the costs as well as the savings.
“Without this information, it is not possible to explore different and possibly better options than closing much-needed police stations.”
In her Freedom of Information request, Ms Bland has also asked for information about the costs of rehousing more than 20 police vehicles currently kept in secure accommodation at Shoreham.
She added: “These vehicles have to go somewhere and there will be new costs. We need to know how those costs compare with keeping them at Shoreham.”
The letter was sent to the Access to Information Unit at Sussex Police Headquarters in Lewes, requesting information on four separate issues.
It states: “The Sussex Police Estates and Facilities Department Estate Strategy 2013-2018 lists Shoreham Police Station for closure.”
Katy Bourne, Sussex police and crime commissioner, has previously reassured residents they will not be left without a police presence in the town.
“I have made it a specific requirement in the estates strategy ‘that no facility or service is removed before a similar or better alternative, reflecting users’ needs, is put in place,” she said. “I fully intend to ensure a police presence remains in Shoreham.”
Sussex Police has been working closely with Adur District Council on the plans, working towards a implementation in 2017/2018.
The proposed alternative contact point for Shoreham will be modern and accessible, similar to the facilities now on offer at Hove Town Hall, which the police share with the council.
Public bodies usually have to respond to Freedom of Information requests within 20 working days.