asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the penalties imposed each year since 1970 on police officers convicted of assault following prosecution by the Director of Public Prosecutions, giving the number of police officers subject to each penalty within the range of penalties imposed.

asked chief officers of police to send me such information as may be available. I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide a breakdown by police area of the 2,230 complaints made against the police alleging assault, as stated in the 1978 annual report of the Police Complaints Board.

It would be for the Police Complaints Board, which is an independent body established under the Police Act 1976, to provide such additional information as it has available on the figures published in its report for 1978.