HC Deb 27 January 1997 vol 289 c17W
Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 14 January,Official Report, column 443, if he will make a statement on the factors underlying his Department's assessment of the benefits accruing from an extension of the second phase of the Indonesian national police training project. [12642]

Dr. Liam Fox

Particular account was taken of the conclusions of a monitoring report of January 1994. This notedpositive signs that the concept of public service and higher quality standards are beginning to take root in the INP". although these were still limited to police regions in which project activity had been taking place.

The report also noted, with regard to the training of the consultancy unit, that the continuing development of their practical experience and the development of regional counterparts in a support function is beginning to indicate the emergence of a powerful and potentially critical service to INP, functioning at strategic, functional and regional levels.

Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 14 January,Official Report, column 208, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the strategic plans produced under the national police management training project in Indonesia exclude East Timor. [12606]

Dr. Fox

The application of management skills acquired under this project, including production of any strategic plans, is a matter for the Indonesian police authorities.

Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 14 January,Official Report, column 207, what specific measures his Department took to promote community policing through the national police management training project in Indonesia. [12605]

Dr. Fox

The methodology of the trainers and the nature of the training itself were designed to expose Indonesian police personnel, both in the central consultancy unit and in the regional commands, to the concept and ethos of community policing, in particular through the setting of improved standards of service to the public.