HC Deb 03 March 2004 vol 418 cc1033-4W
Mr. Oaten

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what surveys his Department has conducted into the views of(a) police officers and (b) prison officers in the last two years. [155063]

Ms Blears

The information is as follows: Police Officers The Home Office has conducted the following formal surveys of police officers views over the last two years:

  1. Qualitative research to inform police service communications—June 2003
  2. Survey on reasons for leaving the Police Service—2002
  3. Two surveys on police leadership issues—late 2002/early 2003
  4. Attitudes and perceptions relating to the impact of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry on the police—commenced 2002 and work ongoing
  5. Views and experiences of recording police stops—commenced 2003 and work ongoing
  6. Police effectiveness in handling racist incidents—commenced in 2002 and work ongoing
  7. A monitoring and evaluation project into community and race relations training—commenced late 2002 and work ongoing
  8. Quality assurance research into community and race relations training—commenced late 2002 and work ongoing
  9. Review of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984–2002
  10. Evaluation of the new Police Misconduct Procedures—published 2003.

The Home Office is, of course, continually in dialogue with police officers at all levels, seeking their views and options on a wide range of policing issues in a less formal context. Prison Officers A National Staff Attitude Survey has been administered in-house to Prison Service staff annually between 2000–2003.

  1. June 2002—Survey of Prison Service staff attitudes representing 36 per cent. of staff in post.
  2. November 2003—Full-census staff attitude survey of all Prison Service staff.

Copies of reports between 2000–2002 are available in the Library. The final report for 2003 will be available in the late spring/early summer 2004.