§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether he will list the constabularies which will have computers connected to the upgraded police national computer network and those constabularies that have an existing mainframe computer linked to the police national computer;
(2) whether he will list mainframe computers belonging to constabularies and indicate whether they are for command and control or criminal information purpose.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe following police forces have a direct link to the police national computer through their own force computer system(s); this indicates whether these are command and control or criminal information systems.
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Force Command and Control Criminal Information Avon and Somerset Yes — Bedfordshire Yes — Cambridgeshire Yes — Cleveland Yes — Cumbria Yes — Devon and Cornwall Yes — Dorset Yes — Durham — Yes Essex Yes — Hertfordshire Yes — Humberside — Yes Kent — Yes Lincolnshire — Yes Merseyside Yes — Metropolitan Yes — North Yorkshire Yes —
Force Command and Control Criminal Information Northamptonshire — — Nottinghamshire — — South Wales Yes — South Yorkshire Yes Yes Staffordshire Yes Yes Suffolk Yes Yes Surrey — — Sussex Yes — Warwickshire Yes Yes West Mercia Yes — West Midlands Yes — Wiltshire Yes — Hampshire intends to implement a direct link to the police national computer within the next year.
It is intended that all forces in England, Scotland and Wales will eventually have a direct link to the police national computer through the proposed upgraded network. Further information about force computer systems is not held centrally in the form requested.