§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many complaints were made against the police in Kirkby in 1973, 1974 and 1975 respectively.
§ Dr. SummerskillInformation in the form requested is not available, but I 193W am sending my hon. Friend some relevant information.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many complaints against the Merseyside Police were substantiated in 1973, 1974 and 1975, respectively.
§ Dr. SummerskillThe Merseyside Police Force was not established until 1st April 1974; it replaced the former Liverpool and Bootle Constabulary and covers in addition certain areas formerly policed by the Cheshire and Lancashire Constabularies. I am informed by the Chief Constable of Merseyside that the numbers of substantiated complaints against members of that force or against members of the former Liverpool and Bootle Constabulary in 1973 and 1974 were 33 and 49 respectively. To date, 66 complaints made in 1975 against members of the Merseyside Police have been substantiated.