§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the police forces which are experimenting with the use of mobile telephones to deter domestic and racial violence; when the trial in West Yorkshire is to be evaluated; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThis information is not collected centrally, but those conducting experiments with mobile phones and alarms include: Leicester, Bradford, Islington and Wandsworth safer cities projects and the Merseyside, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and the Metropolitan police forces.
The experiment in Leeds was evaluated internally in October 1992 and has now been extended across the West Yorkshire force.