Home Department written question – answered at on 1 October 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department
(1) when she expects to complete the review of Special Branch; and if she will make a statement;
(2) if she will make a statement on the progress of the review of Special Branch;
(3) whether Special Branch officers serving at ports and airports will continue to be part of the local constabulary.
holding answer
The review of Special Branch is a matter for the Association of Chief Police Officers, whose Terrorism and Allied Matters Committee is examining the work undertaken by the police service in support of national security intelligence, particularly the role and function of Special Branch. This review will involve wide consultation with experts and practitioners. I understand that it will be completed by the end of the year, and the Association of Chief Police Officers has undertaken to keep me informed.
Separately from this review, and following the announcement by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on
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