HC Deb 03 July 1980 vol 987 cc662-3W
Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many policemen in the Metropolitan area have been dismissed or forced to resign from the police force as a result of corruption or similar charges made against them in each of the last seven years.

Mr. Whitelaw

The numbers of Metropolitan Police officers dismissed or required to resign following a criminal conviction for corruption or a similar offence were as follows:

1973 3
1974 2
1975 6
1976 3
1977 1
1978 1
1979 4