§ Miss Lestorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will make it clear to the Chief Constable of the Thames Valley Police Force that his decision in allowing the appeal of Mr. L. W. Bailey was to reinstate him to his former rank of detective sergeant with full reimbursement of lost pay, rather than to the rank of uniformed sergeant with consequent loss of allowances.
§ Mr. R. CarrMy order allowing Mr. Bailey's appeal provided, in accordance with the provisions of the Police Act 1964, that he should be reinstated in the statutory designated rank of sergeant from the date he was punished by his430W chief constable, and that he should be deemed for purposes of pay to have served in that rank from the date of his suspension. He has suffered no loss of pay. Detective sergeant is a functional title, not a rank, and it is for the chief constable to decide whether an officer should be assigned to detective duties. Detective allowances are payable under police regulations only while an officer is actually employed in detective duties.