Written question asked by Baroness Harris of Richmond (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Baroness Scotland of Asthal (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 June 2006.

Police: Information Sharing

Question: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 19 April (WA 227), what safeguards will be introduced to ensure security of access to information shared between police forces through the cross-regional information sharing project.

Answer: The Code of Practice on the Management of Police Information requires chief police officers to ensure that arrangements exist in their forces to prevent unauthorised or accidental access to, amendment of, or loss of police information. The IMPACT programme is working closely with the National Accreditor for Police Systems, and with the approval of the Police Information Assurance Board, to ensure that the CRISP solution complies with the appropriate security standards. The programme will guide forces on the security measures they need to introduce, including security accreditation compliance audits to the national security standard established for IMPACT CRISP.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 6218; 683 c80WA
Session: 2005-06
Related items: Child Protection: Bichard Inquiry
Wednesday, 19 April 2006
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects: ICT Police Security
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk