HL Deb 19 March 2001 vol 623 cc124-5WA
Baroness Byford

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether, in view of the sharp decline in numbers of special constables over the last three years, reported in the Official Report on 6 February (H.C. Deb., cols. 504–10) they will undertake a centralised investigation of why special constables leave the service. [HL1040]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Home Office funded research was completed last year into the premature wastage of special constables. We are currently exploring the findings from this research with the Police Service and Association of Police Authorities with a view to deciding how best to address the decline in the number of special constables in England and Wales.