§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will arrange that Fraud Squad officers have a career structure inside that department so that they are not transferred as at present backwards and forwards to other departments, particularly when in the middle of technical and complicated investigations; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsIt is necessary for some officers in the Fraud Squad to have all-round divisional experience, and for some officers in divisions to have experience of fraud investigation. It would not be in the interests of officers to limit their careers to the Fraud Squad. Unnecessary movement is, however, avoided; a number of officers have remained in the Squad on promotion.
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§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why the Scotland Yard Fraud Squad detectives have to pay their own fees and go in their own time to lectures in accountancy and other subjects necessary for their work.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsLectures in subjects such as accountancy, banking and company law are normally given at New Scotland Yard, and are attended by officers of the Fraud Squad in the course of duty and without personal expense. Attendance at lectures arranged at other centres in London is entirely voluntary, and officers who wish to do so attend in their own time and meet any expenses incurred.