§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how may complaints have been
Table 2: Current status of cases received by the Police Ombudsman Month received Case closed1 Withdrawn Resolved Awaiting resolution Other status Under investigation Total November 2000 174 25 16 23 12 150 400 December 2000 120 14 15 19 17 80 265 January 2001 117 18 13 39 5 134 332 February 2001 67 16 1 28 35 136 283 March 2001 22 8 0 58 46 109 243 April 2001 3 2 0 9 121 85 220 1For various reasons Procedures for discipline and the sending of files to the Director of Public Prosecutions are currently being developed. Consequently, as at 21 April, no cases have resulted in disciplinary proceedings and no cases have resulted in files being sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions.
However, the Police Ombudsman assumed responsibility for 2,396 cases under transitional arrangements from the Independent Commission for Police Complaints. Of these, five cases have resulted in disciplinary proceedings being taken and a total of 250 cases have been referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions.