Written Question · S3W-04581 · Session 3
What plans it has to review the process for commissioning and paying police informants and to ensure that adequate independent scrutiny of …
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to review the process for commissioning and paying police informants and to ensure that adequate independent scrutiny of this process is possible.
The answer
Independent scrutinyof the process of managing covert human intelligence sources within police forcesis provided by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary. The Scottish Executivehas no plans to review this process.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-04581 by reference.