§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the manual of guidance concerned with data standards for criminal information systems mention in Police Research Bulletin No. 37, of autumn 1981, page 23, or place a copy in the Library.
§ Mr. MayhewMy noble Friend will write to the hon. Member.
§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on his Department's experiment to computerise crime intelligence collators' records, mentioned in Police Research Bulletin No. 37 of autumn 1981, page 23, detailing the aim of the project; which police systems are or will be informed and what lessons have been learned from the project; and if he will place any reports in the Library.
§ Mr. MayhewThis was a reference to a joint project with the Thames Valley police, the purpose of which was to determine, by experiment, whether improved methods 151W of storing and processing criminal intelligence material would make an increased contribution to the detection of crime. My noble Friend will write to the hon. Member about the remaining parts of his question when he has consulted the chief constable of the Thames Valley police.