§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the(a) joint FBI and RUC funded police training programmes since 1990 and their costs and (b) if he will make a statement on the future of joint FBI and RUC training programmes under the new Police Service of Northern Ireland. [142317]
§ Mr. IngramThe information requested is available only from 1994. Details of the expenditure is not readily available and could be provided only at a disproportionate cost.
Since then a total of five officers from the Royal Ulster Constabulary have attended training at the FBI National Academy. A further 25 officers have attended FBI conferences in Europe. In 1999, 25 RUC officers attended the FBI Joint Leadership Development Programme.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland in common with other police services throughout the world will take every opportunity offered to it to share and learn best practice.