HC Deb 20 April 2000 vol 348 cc593-4W
Mr. Boswell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what specialist training and standard

£ million
Planned expenditure
Initiative Expended so far 2000–01 2001–02
Active Community Demonstration Projects 0.5 1.36 1.36
Drug Treatment Testing Orders1 1.75 20 40
Youth Justice Pilots2 1.3 0.1 n/a
Reducing Burglary3 12 4 Up to 42
Targeted Policing3 6.7 15.6 Up to 10.7
CCTV3 57.2 40.98 90
Locks for pensioners3 n/a 4.5 6.5
1 Funding added to probation grant. Y1 figures is for pilot areas. Y2 figure is for pilot areas to continue until October when the programme will be rolled out nationally subject to ministerial decision.
2£22 million annually has been built into local funding settlements from April 2000 onwards to resource national rollout from June 2000 of the new youth justice measures under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. This figure reflects estimates in the November 1997 White Paper and the Financial Memorandum to the Crime and Disorder Bill.
3These initiatives are part of the Crime Reduction Programme, which has a three year budget including evaluation, development running and other overhead costs. Figures shown are what has been committed so far. Total available over three years to 2002 is £62 million for Reducing Burglary, £33 million for targeted policing, £153 for CCTV and up to £11 million for locks for pensioners (depending on take up). Figures of £4 million for targeted policing and 6 million for reducing burglary have been earmarked for evaluation.
4 There is potential for a further £5 million spend on deferred bids.

protocols are made available to custody officers for handling persons with learning difficulties and other vulnerable adults. [119996]

Mr. Charles Clarke

The Codes of Practice under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 require the presence of an appropriate adult whenever a mentally disordered person (including a person with learning difficulties) is being detained or questioned.

National Police Training (NPT) has developed a two-week training course for Custody Officers which is available for delivery by forces. The course, which includes the content of the provisions of the Codes of Practice, is regularly updated and revised. It is, however, essentially for Chief Officers to decide on the training to be undergone by their officers.

The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) recognise the value and importance of the custody officer training package, and continue to work with NPT in promoting the use of this course by police forces.