Written question asked by Peter Robinson (Democratic Unionist Party) on Tuesday, 22 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 24 November 2005. It was answered by Shaun Woodward (Labour) on Thursday, 1 December 2005 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Police

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people are employed by each district command unit to collate and produce Police Service of Northern Ireland statistical information.

Answer: The Police Service of Northern Ireland does not employ staff in any DCU with the specific remit of statistical collation.Statistics relating to the main crime types (as outlined by the Home Office counting rules) are automatically generated by computerised crime recording. It is the responsibility of PSNI's central statistics unit to collate and present statistics relating to these matters of crime, security, drugs and certain roads policing offences.PSNI Headquarters Departments also gather information from DCU's and Branches relating to matters of strategic importance, for example issues contained in the policing plan.

Secondary information