§ Sir Ivan LawrenceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in what form the November 1993 recommendation of the European ad hoc working group on organised crime for an annual report on the scale and trends of organised crime was fulfilled in respect of 1994; and how the information relating to the United Kingdom was compiled. [30053]
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 27 June 1995]: The Justice and Home Affairs Council adopted a situation report on organised crime in the European Union in 1993 at its meeting on 9 and 10 March 1995. This confidential report was prepared for Ministers by the German presidency of the European Union drugs and organised crime working group on the basis of member states' responses to a presidency questionnaire.
The United Kingdom contribution was compiled by the Home Office in consultation with the national criminal intelligence service. HM Customs and Excise and the Association of Chief Police Officers.