§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he has as to which police forces have arrangements with health authorities or non-statutory alcohol agencies to assist with drunkenness offenders who are repeatedly coming to the notice of the police.
§ Mr. Giles ShawI am aware of such arrangements in some parts of the country but no reliable information is held centrally.
§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he has as to how many police forces in England and Wales are operating cautioning schemes for drunkenness offenders; and if he will list those forces in the Official Report.
§ Mr. Giles ShawNo comprehensive central records are maintained, since the establishment of such schemes is a matter for the operational judgment of individual chief officers. I am aware that cautioning schemes for drunkenness offenders at present are operated by police forces in Bedfordshire, Cleveland, Devon and Cornwall, Dorset, Humberside, Merseyside, the Metropolitan police district, Northumbria, north Wales, north Yorkshire, south Wales, Thames Valley and Wiltshire.