Royal Military Police
Defence
Written answers and statements, 27 June 2006
Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what training the Royal Military Police receive in the use of the computerised Home Office Large Murder Enquiry System.
Adam Ingram (Minister of State (Armed Forces), Ministry of Defence; East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow, Labour)
Senior Royal Military Police Special Investigation Branch (RMP (SIB)) personnel attend Home Office approved Senior Investigation Officer Courses, which cover the use the Home Office Large Major Enquiry System (HOLMES) Version 2 and other systems designed to assist in major police investigations. Although RMP (SIB) personnel are no longer trained as HOLMES operators, this capability is maintained by the Ministry of Defence police, whose personnel attend courses provided by Home Department police forces training schools. The Service police forces have access to the system as required.