To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects a conclusion from the discussions between the Criminal Records Bureau and the Association of Chief Police Officers on seeking access to (a) European Union and (b) other foreign criminal conviction data; and if he will make a statement. (95767)

[holding answer 23 October 2006]: I refer the hon. Member to my written answer of 9 October 2007, Official Report, column 487W. Discussions between the Criminal Records Bureau and the Association of Chief Police Officers are at a preliminary stage and I am presently unable to give a clear indication on when talks may conclude.