To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has received the Police Complaints Authority report on the circumstances surrounding the death of Jamie Lloyd Stewart in Holloway police station in July 1989; whether he proposes to take any further action; and if he will make a statement.
The Police Complaints Authority is independent from both the police and the Government. It is not required to report the outcome of investigations which it supervises to the Home Secretary. However, it is understood that the investigating officer's report on the circumstances surrounding Mr. Stewart's death has been considered by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Police Complaints Authority. They have concluded that there are no grounds for taking criminal or disciplinary action against any police officers.