§ Mr. PaiceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what proportion of convictions were entered on the Police National Computer within three days of the conviction in the last six months; [77119]
(2) what the average time taken to input conviction data on the Police National Computer, broken down by force, was in the last six months; [77122]
(3) what proportion of police forces met the target of three days between conviction and entry of that conviction on the Police National Computer over the last six months. [77121]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 28 October 2002]: Information is not collected in the form requested. Courts are required to notify court results (in conviction and other cases) to police forces within three working days of completion of the case. Under performance standards set by the Association of Chief Police Officers, police forces are required to input court results (in conviction and other cases) onto the Police National Computer within 72 hours of the receipt of information from the court about the case disposal. We are determined that such key information should be recorded on the Police National Computer in a timely fashion- We therefore commissioned Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary to manage and monitor a 12-month programme of work for every force to improve the timeliness of the inputting of key data. As regards court results, the primary purpose was to clear backlog of outstanding cases. The Inspectorate's first report showed considerable progress. Its second report, on the programme overall, which indicates substantial further progress, is under consideration.
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