§ Mr. Thurnhamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans for increasing the responsibilities of special constables: and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe deployment of special constables in individual forces is a matter for chief constables, to whom we have commended the 1981 report of the second working party of the Police Advisory Board, which made suggestions for the wider and more effective use of the special constabulary. Her Majesty's inspectors of constabulary look specifically at the use made of special constables when they inspect forces. There is much scope for the imaginative use of special constables, for example in crime prevention work.