§ 57. Mr. DAYasked the Home Secretary the number of appeals in cases of officers of the Metropolitan and provincial police, respectively, dismissed or required to resign since the Police Appeals Act, 1927; and the number, specifying ranks, in which an oral hearing was accorded and, in those cases, whether legal aid was employed and at whose cost?
§ Mr. LLOYDThere have been 53 appeals under the Police Appeals Act, 1927, from members of the Metropolitan police force, one from the City of London force and 63 from county and borough forces. Inquiries have been held in the cases of one chief constable, one superintendent, four sergeants and 16 constables. Legal aid has never been refused and was employed in 20 out of those 22 cases. In 14 cases the cost of legal aid was borne by the appellant and in the other six cases it was provided at the cost of the Police Fund.