HC Deb 08 February 1994 vol 237 cc157-8W
Mr. Bayley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list those police services in Great Britain in which uniformed police officers on the beat(a) wear and (b) do not wear name badges.

Mr. Charles Wardle

Information is not available in the form requested. Name badges are worn by some or all officers in the following police forces in England and Wales:

  • Bedfordshire
  • Cheshire
  • Cleveland
  • Devon and Cornwall
  • Dyfed-Powys
  • Essex
  • Greater Manchester
  • Kent
  • Leicestershire
  • Lincolnshire
  • South Wales

protection principle to the definition of record in clause 43(4) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

Officials met with representatives of the Data Protection Registrar on 20 January to discuss the data protection issues arising from those clauses in the Bill which are concerned with the taking and retention of body samples. The views of the Data Protection Registrar will be taken fully into account during the passage of the Bill.