A recent industry analysis has observed that the Liverpool Airport in addition to several other regional airports is facing an alarming multi-million pound bill due to the escalating costs of security. With the government contemplating on considerably reducing the financial burden on the police forces, it is expected that legislation will be drawn up that will transfer the responsibility for threat and risk analysis at regional airports in addition to paying the cost of policing from the local police force to the owner of the airport as per the report published in the Echo, one of the leading newspapers.

Presently, nine most important British Airports have been designated to bear the expenditure of their own policing, with the list including Manchester and Birmingham. Under the significant growth reported by other airports, Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly has decided that such a split does not make any sense. Therefore, he has strictly decided to create a level playing field. He feels that it is not proper to see that the taxpayers are subsidizing the profit making private enterprises, when the local police force is forced to meet the bills.

Addressing the Echo, Andy Gower, Liverpool Airport director said, "We are committed to provide a safe and secure environment for our passengers. We invest in the region of £3.5m each year to provide aviation and car park security employing in excess of 200 people in the process. The level of any future policing presence at UK Airports is a matter for the Police Authority who are consulting with us at present.”