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Police (Complaints)

Volume 979: debated on Thursday 28 February 1980

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Mr. Chapman

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in the last 12 months for which figures are available (a) how many complaints have been made against members of the Metropolitan Police, (b) how many complaints, and what percentage of the total made, have been upheld, (c) how many policemen have been dismissed, and how many have been required to resign, (d) how many appeals have been made to the Commissioner, and how many have been upheld, and (e) how many appeals have been made to him, and how many have been upheld.

Mr. Brittan

The information requested is contained in the report of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis for the year 1978—Cmnd. 7580—a copy of which is available in the Library of the House. The report contains the following information:

  • (a) Investigations into 8,982 complaints were completed;
  • (b) 287 (3 per cent.);
  • (c) 10; eight;
  • (d) 17—of these, plus eight which had been outstanding at the end of 1977, 13 were dismissed, one was allowed, three punishments were varied and eight were outstanding at the end of the year;
  • (e) three—of these, plus five outstanding from 1977, four were dismissed, two punishments were varied and two were outstanding at the end of the year.