§ 37. Mr. John Wellsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the normal practice regarding the police asking persons who elect to go for trial from a magistrates' court to complete a questionnaire about their antecedents with questions concerning date and place of birth, education, parentage, children, employment, military service, income, position in family if unmarried, for example, fourth child of a family of six; and by what authority the questions are asked.
§ Mr. George ThomasIt is the practice of the police, in accordance with a resolution of the Judges of the Queen's Bench Division, to obtain from a person who is to appear before a superior court information of this nature about his previous history and his domestic and family circumstances.