Parliamentary Question - Dip Sampling
Posted by News Editor
Wednesday, October 19, 2005

1. what further safeguards have been built into the dip sampling process since 2003;
2. how compliance with the "The Investigation of Historic/Institutional Child Abuse: The SIO handbook" is assessed
3. what role the Inter-agency Strategic Management Group has in historic sex abuse operations;
4. if he will make a statement on the use of the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scales in historic sex abuse investigations;
5. what discussions his Department has had with the Association of Chief Police Officers regarding the documentation and written recording of police interviews with complainants and other significant witnesses in historical sex abuse cases; and what the outcome was of those discussions;
6. what research he has conducted into (a) SCAN and (b) other techniques for assessing the validity of statements for use in historical sex abuse cases;
7. if he will make a statement on the advice provided by the Association of Chief Police Officers Investigative Interviewing Group to police forces on statement validity analysis techniques for use in historical sex abuse investigations;
8. what changes have been made to the guidelines for investigations into historical sex abuse, to take account of the establishment of the National Centre for Policing Excellence.

Answer
Hansard Reference