§ Sir John Biggs-Davisonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from chief police officers as to which police forces have requested, and been refused, co-operation or consultation by which local authorities on admission to their schools; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe admission of police officers to schools is normally a matter for individual head teachers. We deplore the refusal of a small number of schools to admit police officers for education visits.
Following the publication last year of a report by a joint working party of the Association of Chief Police Officers and the Society of Education Officers, efforts are being made at local level to improve the educational contribution of police officers in schools. These efforts deserve the full support of all those in a position to influence the education of our young people. The position is monitored routinely by Her Majesty's inspectors of constabulary.