§ Mr. Tim Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to change the present arrangements for the number of television licence fees payable by hotels.
§ Mr. Giles ShawNo.
Number of Accesses Maximum Number of Entries Minimum Number of Entries Current Number of Entries 6. Criminal Names 1,108,803 5,119,354 4,977,206 5,119,354
§ Mr. Cohenasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the status of the fingerprints scene of crime category on the police national computer.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe fingerprint scene of crime mark searching application on the police national computer offers the police service the facility of comparing a fingerprint "mark" taken from a crime scene against a national database of fingerprint records. The service is currently available through 11 access points, but the PNC board is shortly to consider a proposal that all force fingerprint bureaux should have direct access to it.