asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to introduce legislation that will enable local authorities to control the

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.