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Police (Crown Insignia)

Mr. William Ross: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police forces in England and Wales have the Crown as part of the (a) crest and (b) cap badge. [121462]

Mr. Charles Clarke: I understand that 41 forces in England and Wales incorporate a crown in their crest, and that all 43 do so in their cap badge.

Animal Experiments

Mr. Wyatt: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 3 May 2000, Official Report, column 152W, on animal experiments, who funds the programmes looking into the development of treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases. [121488]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: Section 24 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 prevents disclosure of detailed information about individual research programmes licensed under the Act that has been given in confidence.

Section 24 is being reviewed in the context of the freedom of information legislation.

Animal Procedures

Mr. Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his policy is on public accessibility of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Inspectorate's databases on cost-benefit assessments. [121958]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: To meet section 5(4) of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, any application to use protected animals in research must be subjected to a detailed cost/benefit assessment by Home Office inspectors. The likely adverse effects on the animals concerned must be weighed against the benefit likely to accrue as a result of the proposed programme of work.

Section 24 of the Act currently prohibits the release of an application and the cost/benefit assessment. The status of the inspectors' advice to Ministers, on the basis of the cost/benefit assessment, is being examined as part of our review of section 24 and freedom of information. An electronic database of precedents and key cases is maintained by the Inspectorate for internal reference. This comprises material that has been provided in confidence and its status will also be considered as part of our review.

Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill

Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he intends to propose further amendments to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill. [122287]

Mr. Charles Clarke: As I indicated in the debate on the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill on 8 May 2000, Official Report, columns 608-10, I do intend to add a new Schedule to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill listing the public authorities which may use directed

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surveillance and covert sources. There will be other changes related to the use and oversight of these powers in Scotland and Northern Ireland. I also expect a very small number of minor and technical amendments. The Government continue to engage with interested parties, including industry, and look forward to consideration of the Bill by the other place. These discussions may lead to further amendments.

Constabulary Inspectorate

Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the manual explaining the new inspection model for HM Inspectorate of Constabulary has been published. [122285]

Mr. Charles Clarke: The manual explaining the new inspection model for Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary has not been published. However, the manual has been sent to all police forces and police authorities and copies have been placed in the Library.

Public Relations and Marketing

Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many officials in his Department were engaged in public relations and marketing work in (a) March 1997 and (b) March 2000. [122286]

Mr. Straw: The nearest monthly figures I am able to provide are for April 1997 when there were a total of eight information and senior information officers employed in Home Office Publicity.

There was a total of eight information and senior information officers employed in Home Office Publicity in March 2000.

Police College, Hendon

Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the residential and non-residential training courses provided by the Police College at Hendon since January and the number of officers attending each course. [122272]

Mr. Charles Clarke: The information requested is given in the tables, provided by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.

Course title	Number of courses	Number attending
	Non-residential training courses provided by the Police College at Hendon since January 2000
1 Armoured Landrover	4	12
2 CAD Module	12	119
3 Check Tests	7	8
4 CJU Financial Awareness	2	15
5 Control Room Foundation	3	20
6 Control Room Trainer	3	20
7 Controller Module	5	35
8 Covert Blues and Twos	11	51
9 Crime Prevention Design Adviser	2	20
10 CRIMINT	3	22
11 Drivers Assessors Programme	8	34
12 HOLMES (Non-Residential)	26	209
13 Intranet Publisher	6	53
14 Introduction to Management	4	51
15 Introduction to Training Assessment	4	48
16 INUIT	11	101
17 Leadership	1	12
18 Managing Change	1	7
19 Managing Team	1	6
20 MSS Trainer	2	15
21 Officer Safety Instructor Training	2	37
22 Officer Safety Instructor Stage 1 Development	21	265
23 OTIS V4 Trainer	22	180
24 Performance Management	2	12
25 PIMS	2	13
26 PNC Module	12	120
27 PNC on OTIS Trainer	3	18
28 PNC Operator	4	34
29 Presentation Skills	1	6
30 Probationary Standard Response	11	90
31 Problem Solving and Decision Making	1	6
32 PSIS	4	33
33 Radio Telephony	59	279
34 Recruit Foundation Course for Traffic Wardens	2	17
35 Role Players Training for Traffic Wardens	1	7
36 RSIS	5	38
37 Standard Response (Assessed)	19	85
38 Street Duty Tutor for Traffic Wardens	1	12
39 Tough Interviewing	1	6
40 Trainer Development Part 1	5	49
41 Trainer Development Part 2	1	11
42 Trainer Foundation Part 3	3	29
43 Tutoring and Coaching	1	8
Total	299	2,213
	Residential Training Courses provided by the Police College at Hendon since January 2000:
1 Advanced Traffic Patrol	2	15
2 Advanced Car	7	61
3 Audocrime	7	60
4 Community Safety Unit	3	83
5 Company Fraud and Financial Investigation	1	10
6 Custody Officer	16	192
7 Detective Foundation	2	153
8 Family Liaison	1	16
9 Financial Intelligence	1	15
10 HOLMES (residential)	4	50
11 Inspectors Foundation	4	36
12 National Autocrime	4	32
13 National Negotiators	1	20
14 National Protection	2	12
15 National Undercover Course	1	20
16 Pre-Surveillance (Fast Car)	2	12
17 PSU Carrier	10	60
18 Response Motorcyle	6	54
19 Scence Management and Examination Course	1	14
20 Senior Investigating Officer	5	65
21 Senior Investigating Officers Development	1	15
22 Sergeants Foundation	11	128
23 Sexual Offences Investigative Techniques	3	45
24 Standard Accident Investigation	4	31
25 Standard Financial Investigation	2	30
26 Standard Traffic Patrol	4	29
27 Surveillance	2	24
28 Test Purchasers	2	53
29 TRAFFAC	3	22
Total	112	1,357

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Police recruit intakes (residential) training courses provided by the Police College at Hendon since January 2000

Intake date	Number attending
4 January	108
7 February	62
13 March	65
17 April	98
28 May	(8)125
2 July	(8)125
6 August	(8)125
10 September	(8)125
15 October	(8)125
19 November	(8)125
24 December	(8)125

(8) These numbers are target numbers

Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the monthly recruitment intake target for the Police College at Hendon for 2000-01. [122277]

Mr. Charles Clarke: The information requested is shown in the following table, provided by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.

Month	Target
April	100
May	125
July	125
August	125
September	125
October	125
November	125
December	125
February-2001	130
March-2001	130

Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many officers applied to join training at the Police College at Hendon in the April and May intakes. [122274]

Mr. Charles Clarke: The Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis tells me that 98 applicants began training at Hendon on 17 April 2000. The exact figure for the next intake will not be known until the course begins on 28 May: the intake target is 125.

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