§ Mr. Peter BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which audit body is responsible for value for money spent on investigations under the War Crimes Act 1991; what the budget is for these investigations; and what spending is already committed.
§ Mr. MacleanThe Metropolitan police war crimes unit is responsible for investigations carried out under the War Crimes Act 1991 in England and Wales. The unit's expenditure is subject to audit by the Metropolitan police service internal audit branch and the National Audit Office.
Provision for police specific grant included £500,000 to support the Metropolitan police in their war crimes investigations in 1994–95. After precept, this amount generated a sum of £962,000. A total of £589,850 had already been spent by 31 October 1994 and the remaining is committed expenditure.