§ 69. Lieut.-Colonel Liptonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why access to confidential police records at Notting Hill station is being provided for the purpose of research sponsored by the Nuffield Foundation; and whether his permission was obtained beforehand.
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeThe Nuffield Foundation, in connection with a programme of research designed to throw light on the validity of criminal statistics, asked that a research worker temporarily engaged by the Foundation for this study might be given access to certain police records relating to the investigation of crime; and I authorised the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis to give the desired facilities. Similar facilities have been given in the past tobona fide research students working under the auspices of a university. I understand that this particular investigation has been discontinued.