§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research since 1992 has been conducted into interviews with(a) witnesses and (b) vulnerable witnesses; who conducted the research; and when it was published. [67654]
§ Hilary BennIn 1995 the Home Office published a report entitled "Videotaping Children's Evidence: An Evaluation" by Graham Davies, Clare Wilson, Rebecca Mitchell and John Milsom.
It published a further report in 2001 entitled "National Evaluation of the PEACE Investigative Interviewing Course" by Colin Clarke and Rebecca Milne. This covers the interviewing of suspects as well as witnesses and victims of crime. It includes a literature review.
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Police net pensions costs in England 1999–2000 to 2001–02 1999–2000 Net pensions 2000–01 Net pensions 2001–02 Net pensions Police Costs£000 As a proportion of net expenditure Percentage Costs£000 As a proportion of net expenditure Percentage Costs£000 As a proportion of net expenditure Percentage Avon and Somerset 25,869 14.84 29,290 16.16 31,585 16.65 Bedfordshire 7,595 11.94 8,292 12.48 9,078 12.84 Cambridgeshire 9,255 12.33 10,285 12.98 10.674 12.69 Cheshire 12,539 11.07 12,895 11.25 16,599 13.63 City of London 8,211 14.19 9,052 15.36 9,578 16.05 Cleveland 12,339 14.47 12,993 15.18 13,478 14.85 Cumbria 9,577 14.78 10,361 15.37 10,765 15.25 Derbyshire 11,969 11.34 14,862 13.41 14,473 12.37 Devon and Cornwall 25,008 14.29 25,535 13.96 28,313 14.81 Dorset 11,183 14.53 11,343 14.00 12,728 15.05 Durham 10,070 12.64 10,327 12.04 10,991 12.54 Essex 20,162 12.00 20,853 11.30 25,211 12.94 Gloucestershire 8,808 13.40 9,755 14.20 10,301 14.26 Greater Manchester 59,681 15.92 60,833 15.21 66,792 16.25 Hampshire 22,675 11.48 21,960 10.84 24,537 11.35 Hertfordshire 11,721 11.22 11,854 9.80 12,308 9.51 Humberside 15,189 13.33 16,963 14.15 18,572 14.49 Kent 21,132 11.35 24,134 12.50 26,759 12.94 Lancashire 23,004 12.64 25,753 13.54 28,568 14.35 Leicestershire 12,376 11.54 13,342 12.11 14,706 12.63 Lincolnshire 10,634 15.33 11,821 16.25 12,820 16.86 Merseyside 38,079 15.33 40,246 15.65 43,542 16.43 Metropolitan 215,071 11.70 243,511 13.25 254,767 12.87 Norfolk 10,141 11.63 11,570 12.64 12,354 12.55 North Yorkshire 12,901 16.50 13,657 16.31 14,757 17.19 Northamptonshire 7,425 10.74 8,706 11.91 8,484 10.83 Northumbria 29,508 13.87 31,170 14.27 32,794 14.41 Nottinghamshire 17,847 13.79 18,346 13.66 21,457 15.30 South Yorkshire 18,791 10.68 19,165 10.59 22,805 12.18 Staffordshire 19,796 15.59 18,843 14.84 22,866 17.03 Suffolk 10,479 14.86 10,029 13.54 11,130 14.34 Surrey 10,331 10.32 11,191 9.32 11,605 9.48 Sussex 24,538 14.82 27,578 15.99 29,312 15.94 Thames Valley 20,961 9.23 23,169 9.78 24,971 9.90 Warwickshire 7,983 14.47 9,000 15.25 10,300 16.51 The Home Office commissioned BMRB, an independent research company. to produce the "Witness Satisfaction Survey 2000" arid the "Vulnerable Witness Survey". Both were published in 2001.