§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his Department is undertaking research into crime screening.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe current Home Office research programme includes a study of detective work. The future direction of the study depends on the outcome of preliminary work, but it may well include an investigation into crime screening. Although the introduction and evaluation of crime screening in police forces is an operational matter for chief officers, its use is also examined by Her Majesty's inspectors of constabulary in their annual inspections.