Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the loss of 400,000 police records, what discussions her Department has had with the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police Area Chief Constable.
The Home Office is working closely with Policing/National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) to assess the scale and impact of the incident. This includes undertaking a robust and detailed assessment and verification of all affected records. Once complete we will develop and implement a plan to recover as many lost records as is possible over the next few weeks.