Mr Creedon, who speaks for the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) on organised crime, insisted the "real position" was that domestic violence and sexual violence were going up.
However, he insisted the pair's position in the limelight does not dictate where they can and cannot go.
He insisted the UUP's position has not changed since 1998.
Prime Minister David Cameron has insisted the government's position on Iraq is "clear" and said the UK would not deploy "boots on the ground".
All the previous poets, from Jonson to Ted Hughes to Motion, have been men, but Cope insisted that the position should go to the best person for the job, regardless of gender.
Downing Street sources insist the government position has not changed.
Simon Fox, who resigned last week after six years in the job, insisted the company's financial position was stable.
The previous management had strongly insisted the bank's capital position was comfortable and it would not need to tap shareholders for extra cash.
Mr Balls' aides insist that the position has not changed, that I am reading too much into this, that Labour's future support for HS2 has still yet to be determined.
Rather than insisting on the position of the statistical user, she/he tries to establish a common position where the participants as co-researchers must jointly decide how to tackle the conflict of interest between getting information and facilitating communication.
