HC Deb 31 March 2003 vol 402 cc570-1W
Mr. Mark Field

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether community safety accreditation schemes, established under sections 40 and 43 of the Police Reform Act 2002, will be accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service. [105486]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth

The Police Reform Act 2002 allows each Chief Officer of Police to set up a Community Safety Accreditation Scheme in his or her force area in order to enhance community safety. It is open to individual Chief Officers to use any appropriate outside organisation to evaluate such a scheme.

Mr. Mark Field

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what support his Department has given the Accreditation Awareness Campaign run by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service. [105491]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth

In October 2000, my right hon. Friend, then Minister of State at the Home Office (Mr. Charles Clarke), issued a statement of support for the campaign and expressed his desire to raise awareness of the value of the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS).

Since then UKAS has, with the Association of Chief Police Officers, undertaken work on certification of security alarm installations and accreditation of the Forensic Science Service, Secured by Design, breathalysers and DMA profiling.

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