§ Miss LestorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the computerised national register for missing persons will start operating; what its staff complement will be; and what financial resources will be allocated to it.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe database which the missing persons bureau will use will be from part of the new police national computer. It is not possible at the moment to give a definite date for its introduction. The staffing and resources of the bureau are still under consideration.