§ Dr. KumarTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set up an inquiry into the circumstances of(a) the recent departure of the former Deputy Chief Constable of Cleveland Police Force with particular reference to the role of (i) senior management of the Police Force and (ii) the Cleveland Police Authority and (b) the former Deputy Chief Constable's subsequent appointment as Deputy Commissioner of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands police force; and if he will make a statement. [81488]
§ Mr. BoatengI do not believe that any useful purpose would be served by setting up a separate inquiry into the retirement of the former Deputy Chief Constable of Cleveland Police. The former Deputy, Mr. Turnbull, exercised his right to retire from Cleveland Police and he retired on 7 March 1999. Mr. Turnbull's appointment as Deputy Commissioner of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force is entirely a personal matter between him and that force.