§ Lord Macaulay of Bragarasked Her Majesty's Government:
(a) what increase in public service manpower has taken place since the passing of the War Crimes Act 1991; (b) how many police officers, and of what rank, are involved in current investigations; (c) in how many countries are the investigations taking place; and (d) what additional full-year costs have been incurred to date.
Earl FerrersThirteen public servants (excluding police officers) are currently employed full-time on work relating to war crimes investigations. Twelve of these are additional to complement. Other civilian staff, such as historians and translators, are employed on short-term contracts as necessary. The number and rank of police officers involved in current investigations is shown in the table below.
Rank Number of police officers Detective Chief Superintendent 1 Detective Chief Inspector 1 Detective Inspector 4 Detective Sergeant 2 Detective Constable 4 Police Constable 2 Total 14 Investigations are taking place in Australia, Byelorussia, Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and the USA. In 1991–92 the cost of this work was £1.3 million.