Written question asked by Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour) on Tuesday, 26 October 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 3 November 2004. It was answered by Hazel Blears (Labour) on Wednesday, 3 November 2004 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which major recommendations of the O'Dowd report on police bureaucracy remain unimplemented; and if he will make a statement on progress with implementation. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which major recommendations of the O'Dowd report on police bureaucracy remain unimplemented; and if he will make a statement on progress with implementation. [194910] Ms Blears: We have made good progress with implementing the recommendations of the O'Dowd report. Those outstanding mostly require legislation, developments in IT or wide-ranging changes to the criminal justice system. Among our achievements to date, over 7,700 forms have been made obsolete across all 43 forces; all 43 forces now undertake video identity parades; over 72,000 police officers and staff now use Airwave radios in 40 forces; the national rollout of the penalty notice for disorder scheme was completed in April 2004 with over 20,000 tickets having been issued at the end of August; and we are investing £13 million over two years into 10 pilot projects which test out new ways of using police staff.

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