§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Prime Minister what arrangements exist for co-ordinating 142W research in the field of law enforcement undertaken or sponsored by the Home Office research unit, the prison department and the Department of Health and Social Security.
§ The Prime MinisterCo-ordination of Home Office research in the field of criminal justice and the treatment of offenders is the concern of the crime policy planning committee and of co-ordinating committees in the relevant parts of the Department. In addition, consultative committees are established as necessary to co-ordinate action on individual research projects. Other Government Departments, including the Department of Health and Social Security, are represented on these committees as appropriate.
The Department of Health and Social Security has a research liaison group for all aspects of research on children. The Home Office attends when matters of mutual interest in the field of law enforcement are to be discussed.
The interdepartmental group on juvenile delinquency, on which the DHSS, Home Office, Welsh Office and DES are represented, meets regularly to discuss the common interest which these Departments have in children in trouble, including juvenile offenders. It has a subgroup to co-ordinate research.