Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides to police forces on the effective use of ICT.

The Home Office works closely with police-led governance groups that guide the use of national police ICT. In addition, together with Police and Crime Commissioners, the department has supported the creation of the Police ICT Company, which will lead on the design, purchase and delivery of local, regional and national ICT. PCCs have now committed to making the Company operational.