§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for 1995 and each of the previous five years(a) the longest period and (b) the shortest period between the receipt by his Department of a report of a research project commissioned by his Department and its subsequent publication; and in each case if he will give (i) the title of the publication and (ii) the subject of the project. [14671]
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 13 February 1996]: Details for reports published in 1994 and 1995 follow. There are no systematic records for previous years.
In 1994, the shortest and longest periods between receipt and publication were for the following reports:
708WResearch and Planning Unit Paper (RPUP) "86 Drug Education Amongst Teenagers", (two months) and Home Office Research Studies (HORS) 134 "Contacts between Police and Public: findings from the 1992 British Crime Survey", (12 months) respectively.In 1995 the reports concerned were: HORS 147
Anxiety about crime: findings from the 1994 British Crime Survey", (2.5 months) and RPUP 90 "Improving bail decisions: the bail process project phase 1" (14 months).
§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what targets he has set for his Department in respect of publishing the reports of research projects regarding crime, police and other issues. [14672]
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 13 February 1996]: There are no formal targets for the publication of research reports. Once a report is accepted as meeting the terms of the research contract, it is published as soon as practicable.