HC Deb 26 July 1989 vol 157 c706W
Mr. Mullin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the Police Complaints Authority as to the number of complaints made to them against Detective-Sergeant Michael Hornby; and what action was taken in each case.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

No. The Police Complaints Authority is not itself empowered to receive complaints against police officers. Any complaint that the authority may receive against an individual officer is passed to the chief constable of the force concerned, so that he may record it and have it investigated under the terms of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 where appropriate under the supervision of the authority.

Mr. Mullin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, pursuant to his answer of 11 July,Official Report, column 425, he will call for a report from the chief constable of the West Midlands as to whether Detective-Sergeant Michael Hornby's personal file contains details of the offence for which he was disciplined in 1980.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 21 July, at column403, pursuant to the answer given to the hon. Member on 11 July.

Mr. Mullin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, pursuant to his answer of 11 July,Official Report, column 425, he will call for a report from the chief constable of the West Midlands as to how many complaints have been received against Detective-Sergeant Michael Hornby for each of the last seven years.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

I understand from the chief constable of the West Midlands Police that four complaints have been made against Detective-Sergeant Hornby in the last seven years, consisting of one in 1983, two in 1986 and one in 1987 which was subsequently withdrawn.