NIGHTCLUB bosses should be hit with a levy to compensate police for the drain on resources caused by patrolling Worcester.

In a House of Commons debate city MP Mike Foster said while officers maintain law and order as clubbers make their way home, other parts of Worcester were suffering from the loutish behaviour of teenagers.

"Anyone who has been to somewhere such as Worcester on a Friday, or a Saturday evening, knows that extra resources go to such places," he said.

"While those resources are being used in Worcester city centre, they are not available in the suburbs for dealing with the sort of anti-social behaviour issues that crop up."

Mr Foster added that police can take up to a week to respond to complaints about tearaways and called for the force to be given extra cash to bolster the fight against them.

"I fully understand that incidents of anti-social behaviour will not rank highly for emergency response from the police, nor would I expect them to be compared to the assaults and burglaries that are committed in my area.

"However, a problem that my constituents can have is the long response time from the police to a reported incident.

"A report is made and a number is given, but it may be one, or two days, or even a week, before the police actually get round to talking to that constituent about the incident."

Dean Hill, general manager of Le Mango nightclub, in Angel Place, said any proposals for the city centre would always be listened to.

"We have close links with the police and the council," said Mr Hill. "We want people to feel safe in the city centre and it's important we all work together."

Chief Insp Sharon Gibbons for Worcester police said: "A decision on nightclubs funding some appropriate parts of police activity is an issue for the Government, not one for us."