asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list in the Official Report the types of computer maintained by the police force in Wales.

Force		Function	Manufacturer
All forces	…	The Police National Computer (Home Office maintained) Indices to— Criminal records, Wanted and Missing Persons, Stolen Vehicles, Vehicle Owners, Fingerprint records.	Burroughs
Metropolitan Police	…	Indices to— Crime, Criminals and their associates.	CTL
Thames Valley	…	Analysis and process of force collator's records (Joint Home Office—Force experiment).	Honeywell
Suffolk	…	Command and Control and Operational Information	GEC

Additionally, most police forces make use of their local authority computer primarily for administrative tasks such as pay and pensions and statistics.