§ Mr. Michael Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Scotland, why the Scottish criminal record office is obtaining a police national computer interface.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe Scottish criminal record office, which is not at present computerised, already has a link to the police national computer. The work being done on computerisation of the office will include provision for giving quick and efficient access from the same terminal to information on both the SCRO and PNC systems.