§ Lord Brougham and Vauxasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether, in the light of the scale of vehicle crime, they propose to include reference to such crime in future National Key Policing Objectives; and
In the light of the fact that vehicle crime has hitherto not featured in national key policing objectives, which of the constabularies in England and Wales have determined to include such crime in their own objectives.
§ Baroness BlatchAlthough there is no specific reference to vehicle crime in the present key objectives for policing and those for 1997–98 announced by my right honourable friend on 27 November 1996. Key Objective 3 requires forces to target and prevent crimes which are a particular local problem. Key objectives for 1998–99 and beyond are under review. All aspects of police work will be looked at in this exercise to determine what should be covered by national key objectives in future.
86WATwelve out of 43 police forces in England and Wales have local objectives for tackling vehicle crime. These are: Avon and Somerset, Bedfordshire, Cleveland, Essex, Greater Manchester, Humberside, Leicestershire, Northumbria, South Wales, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire and West Midlands. In three other forces—Derbyshire, Surrey and Warwickshire—certain divisions of the force have an objective of this kind.