§ Sir Eldon Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the police staff associations were consulted before his Department circulated proposals for the police to take over from the prison service responsibility for escorting prisoners between courts and prisons; what representations he has received from the Association of Chief Police Officers, the Police Federation and the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis; and how and when he intends to implement this proposal.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggWe have invited the views of the police staff associations and the Metropolitan police on the recommendations affecting the police in the report of a joint scrutiny by the Home Office and the Lord Chancellor's Department of prisoner escort tasks. Consultations on these recommendations are still in progress and the decision whether or not to implement is dependent on the outcome.