Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with (a) police forces, (b) the Royal College of Policing and (c) Police and Crime Commissioners on (i) the potential benefits of the Self-Administered Interview (SAI) technique and (ii) making the SAI technique standard practice for police forces.

We maintain an open dialogue with the police on how we can share best practice and enable them to more effectively investigate crime. The use of specific techniques, within lawful bounds, is an operational matter for chief constables.