§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the forces which responded to the survey by the Association of Chief Police Officers Crime Committee, indicating those which(a) (i) had carried out or (ii) were then carrying out investigations into institutional child abuse during the period covered by the questionnaire and (b) had previously been involved in similar investigations. [123292]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeFor operational reasons the information was sought and supplied in confidence and I am therefore not in a position to answer the question to the level of detail requested. The information is now 12 months old and will be out of date because the situation is changing on a daily basis.