Written question asked by Austin Mitchell (Labour) on Thursday, 24 June 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 July 2004. It was answered by Caroline Flint (Labour) on Monday, 12 July 2004 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether extra resources will be made available to police forces to help facilitate the development of forces' intelligence IT systems and the smooth transfer of data to a national database.

Answer: Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether extra resources will be made available to police forces to help facilitate the development of forces' intelligence IT systems and the smooth transfer of data to a national database. [181454] Caroline Flint: In my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary's response to the House on 22 June 2004, following publication of Sir Michael Bichard's report he made it clear that the Government shall introduce a national intelligence system. The Police Information Technology Organisation (PITO) is working with the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), the Association of Police Authorities (APA) and the Home Office to take this work forward. This will include building upon existing in force and cross force systems.

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