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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training police officers receive in how to deal with victims of (a) child abuse and (b) rape; and whether there is an officer at every police station who has received this training.

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Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat)

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Home Office

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Answered

Tabled on

1 May 2003

For answer on

14 May 2003

Answered on

14 May 2003

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what training police officers receive in how to deal with victims of (a) child abuse and (b) rape; and whether there is an officer at every police station who has received this training. [112106] Mr. Bob Ainsworth: There is currently no national training for police officers on dealing with victims of child abuse and rape. Individual forces are responsible for determining the training required by their officers. Centrex (the Central Police Training and Development Authority) is reviewing the training needed by police officers in relation to the investigation of sexual offences in the light of recommendations made in the report of a joint inspection by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Her Majesty's Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate. The review will result in a new learning requirement which will define what officers need to learn and the standards to which they should be trained and will be aligned with the National Occupational Standards for the police service. The Home Office, together with the Association of Chief Police Officers, the Police Skills and Standards Organisation, Centrex and others, is considering how to take forward the recommendations of Lord Laming in the report of his inquiry into the death of Victoria Climbie. The Government are committed to implementing Lord Laming's recommendations, which included several concerning the training of police and other practitioners involved in child protection work. The deployment of officers following training is entirely a matter for the chief officer of the force concerned.

Date

14 May 2003

Reference

112106; 405 c253-4W;405 c253W

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House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department will respond to the Fourth Report of the Home Affairs Committee, on the Conduct of Investigations into Past Cases of Abuse in Childrens Homes, HC836, Session 2001-02. - The Government's response was published on 11 April 2003...

Asked by

Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

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Written questions

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Answered

Date

28 April 2003

Reference

107303; 404 c63W;404 c63-4W

House

House of Commons

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