Police Training (Hansard, 14 January 1991)

§ Mr. Nellist
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what training has been given by United Kingdom police officers to police officers in the Punjab region of India in the last five years to date; what training has been received by police officers from the Punjab in the United Kingdom over the same period; what was the nature of such training; and if he will make a statement.

§ Mr. Peter Lloyd
There is no central record of any training having been given by United Kingdom police officers to police officers in India in the last five years.
Central records, which do not distinguish between officers from the Punjab and those from other parts of India, show that the following visits were made by Indian police officers to the United Kingdom for training purposes over this period.
1986 One officer visited the Metropolitan Police to discuss its organisation and structure.
1987 One officer visited the Metropolitan Police to discuss training. Two officers visited the Metropolitan Police, Ashford Police Training Centre and the Police Staff College, Bramshill. One officer was attached to the Metropolitan Police and the Police Staff College to study training management.
1988 One officer visited the Metropolitan Police and the Police Staff College to discuss training. One officer visited the Metropolitan Police to discuss the day-to-day operation of a police station. One officer visited the Home Office, Metropolitan and West Midlands Police to discuss counter-terrorism. One officer visited the Metropolitan Police to discuss the ability of the police to handle new problems.
1989 Two officers undertook a training attachment with the Police Staff College, and the West Yorkshire and Metropolitan Police forces. Four officers visited the Metropolitan Police CID Training School at Hendon. Two officers visited the Metropolitan Police to discuss VIP security. Four officers undertook a Criminal Records Computerisation Course at Merseyside and subsequent attachment to the Police National Computer Organisation. One officer visited the Police Staff College, Metropolitan Police, Lancashire Constabulary, Kent Constabulary and West Yorkshire Police to discuss recruitment, training, promotion, computers, drugs and terrorism. One officer visited the Metropolitan Police to discuss training methods and courses.
1990 One officer visited the Metropolitan Police to discuss the ways in which the police assist the courts. One officer visited the Metropolitan Police and Ashford Police Training Centre to discuss anti-terrorist and general police training. One officer attended the Overseas Command Course, Police Staff College, Bramshill.
In addition, in each of the last five years, 10 officers from the Indian police service have attended a specially designed overseas command course at West Yorkshire police force training school.

§ Mr. Nellist
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what training has been given by United Kingdom police officers to police officers in Sri Lanka in the last five years to date; what training has been received by Sri Lankan police officers in the United Kingdom over the same period; what was the nature of such training; and if he will make a statement.
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§ Mr. Peter Lloyd
There is no central record of any training having been given by United Kingdom police officers to police officers in Sri Lanka in the last five years, although a detective inspector from the Metropolitan police went to Sri Lanka in 1987 for a short advisory visit.
Central records show that the following visits were made by Sri Lankan police officers to the United Kingdom for training purposes over this period.
1986 Two officers attended the Overseas Command Course at the Police Staff College, Bramshill.
1987 None.
1988 One officer visited the Metropolitan Police to discuss drugs and new methods of fighting crime. One officer attended a traffic management course with Lancashire Constabulary and the Metropolitan Police. Two officers were attached to the Metropolitan Police to discuss VIP security.
1989 One officer visited the Home Office to discuss the right to silence. One officer visited the Police Staff College, Bramshill, to discuss police training. One officer visited the Metropolitan Police to discuss taxi licensing. Two officers visited the Home Office, Metropolitan and Essex Police forces to discuss computers in police work. Two officers attended the Overseas Command Course, Police Staff College, Bramshill.
1990 One officer attended a VIP Security Course at Lancashire Constabulary. One officer attended the Overseas Command Course, Police Staff College, Bramshill.