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Government Departments: Research and Data

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The British Crime Survey and the Annual Data Requirement for collecting data from the police have continued in 2010-11. The content of each is reviewed and changed each year in consultation with key stakeholders and with regard to costs, need, and burden. The data collection for statistics on scientific procedures on animals are regularly reviewed, including data collection methods, although it remains unchanged in the last year. Responsibility for the collection of statistics on alcohol and late night refreshment licensing transferred to the Home Office from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in 2010. This collection from local authorities is not run every year and a decision not to collect the data in 2010-11 was taken within the year from May 2010. Other statistics, including those on migration and the operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 are largely based on management information and require no specific additional data collections. Migration statistics are continually reviewed, including through consultations with external users such as the one launched on 24 February. Other management information on a wide range of issues is collected by delivery bodies for their own purposes and collated by the Home Office. These collections are regularly reviewed to ensure the data remain relevant, and that submitting data does not impose a significant burden in local areas. None has been altered, added, or removed other than for operational purposes during the year from May 2010. Details of external social science research projects relating to crime and policing or migration which were commissioned, altered or completed from May 2010 are given in table 1. Details of external physical science research projects relating to crime and policing or migration which were commissioned, altered, completed or continued unchanged during the year (including those completed as planned) since 12 May 2010 are given in table 2. The Home Office also commissions research in support of the United Kingdom's strategy for countering international terrorism (CONTEST). The details of this research are classified on the grounds of national security, but our broad research strategy is available on the Home Office website at: http://www.homeoffice. gov.uk/publications/counter-terrorism/science-and-technology/science-and-technology-strategy?view =Binary.

Table 1: External social research begun, amended, terminated, or continued without change during the year beginning after 12 May 2010
(i) Social Research Contracts awarded since 12 May 2010
Drug Data Warehouse—contract extension
Review of small projects under EC funding
Satisfying labour demand through migration
Impact of financial investigation on organised crime groups
IOM/VCS Project
MARAC review
Facilitated Return Scheme
Building the Voluntary and Community Sector’s involvement in Integrated Offender Management approaches: a process evaluation
Early Legal Advice Pilot (for asylum seekers) evaluation
(ii) Social Research Contracts Terminated since 12 May 2010
Evaluation of serious Organised crime task force programme
(iii) Social Research Contracts amended since 12 May 2010
Drug Data Warehouse—contract extension
‘Links between homicide and organised crime’
Vulnerability and resilience to Al Qa‘ida influenced violent extremism—Learning from the gang, cult, political activism and violent extremism literature
Engaged Communities
Al Qa‘ida influenced radicalisation: Applying Situational Action Theory
Reducing youth crime: assessing the set-up, delivery and impact of triage, reparation and street-based teams
Study of Key interventions into terrorism using Bayesian Networks
Neighbourhood Agreements
Individual disengagement from violent extremist groups—A Rapid Evidence Assessment to inform policy and practice in preventing violent extremism
British Crime Survey—Extension
An Exploration of Staff-Prisoner Relationships at HMP Whitemoor: Twelve Years On.

Table 2: Physical Sciences external research continued and completed by HOSDB (Now CAST).
Data collections initiated by HOSDB (Now CAST) 12 May 2010 to June 2011.
Creation of i-LIDS New Technologies data set for evaluation of video analytic systems
Physical Sciences external research continued and completed by HOSDB (Now CAST) 12 May 2010 to June 2011.
Continued collation of data on police TASER usage
Research on body armour (““Behind Armour Blunt Trauma””) project jointly with USA
Student research projects in the area of fingerprint forensics
Research and development for roadside and police station screening of drug drivers
Literature reviews on facial comparison
Research into audio processing for law enforcement
Development of tool supporting covert surveillance of serious and organised criminals
Development of signal processing for covert surveillance of serious and organised criminals
Development of technique in support of covert surveillance of serious and organised criminals
Physical sciences external research provided in support of CONTEST and referenced in other published material which has been continued or completed May 2010-May 2011
Research into CCTV operator performance
Innovative Research Call on Explosives and Weapons Detection
Project with CCD Design and Ergonomics
Project with Synergy Consultants
Project with Cranfield University
Project with Exchem defence systems Ltd
Project with University of Leeds
Project with Kings College
Project with CCD Design & Ergonomics Ltd
Project with Nottingham Trent University
Project with REACT Engineering Ltd
Project with Cobalt Light Systems Ltd
Project with University College London
Project with Smiths Detection - Watford
Project with Thruvision Systems Ltd
Project with University of Birmingham
Project with SFTC - RAL Space

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Written question

Reference

9897; 728 c334-6WA

Session

2010-12

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Home Office Statistics Research

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