§ 23. Fiona MactaggartTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the priorities for research in his Department. [61113]
§ Mr. BoatengMy Department is carrying out social and scientific research and evaluation across the range of Home Office policy and programmes, in particular,76W formulating a new Crime Reduction Programme and evaluating the key proposals in the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, a new programme of drugs research, carrying out repeat surveys of both Local Voluntary Activity and Youth Lifestyles and a £700,000 programme of police research. This year's external research programme of the Home Office's Research, Development and Statistics Directorate was published in June and copies are available in the Library. The details of the police research programme will soon be available on the Internet.