§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many accesses were made to each category of the stolen and suspect vehicle index of the police national computer over the last year; and what has been the percentage growth in use of these categories over the year;
(2) how many accesses were made to each category of the wanted and missing persons index of the police national computer over the last year; and what has been the percentage growth in use of these categories over the year;
(3) how many accesses were made to each index of the police national computer over the last year; and whether he will include in these statistics an indication of the number of access requests that could search more than one index;
(4) whether he has information as to the number of accesses made to the police national computer by each constabulary over the last year; and whether he can give the proportion of access requests made to the vehicle indexes of the police national computer.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThis information is maintained on a Great Britain basis and I accordingly refer the hon. Member to the reply that he has received from my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office.