§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Attorney-General what steps his Department is taking to achieve investor in people status; when it started the process; when it expects to achieve investor in people status; and if he will make a statement. [2980]
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe Law Officers' departments are committed to the principles of the investor in people initiative. The Crown Prosecution Service and the Serious Fraud Office are actively considering the options for the implementation of IIP. The CPS is pursuing with a training and enterprise council the possibility of a pilot exercise in one of its offices. The Treasury Solicitor's department envisages taking a decision to work towards the IIP standard after 1 April 1996, once it has assumed agency status. The Government Property Lawyers has already decided to seek IIP accreditation: much of the groundwork has been carried out and the agency is in contact with a TEC with a view to making progress in the near future. The legal secretariat to the Law Officers is a small office, the staff of which are almost all on loan from other Departments, and thus there are no immediate plans to implement IIP in its case.