§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each year since 1979 the number of appeals from police disciplinary hearings he received, the number of such appeals he referred to an appeal tribunal under the 1975 criteria, the number he referred to an appeal tribunal other than under the 1975 criteria, the number dealt with other than by reference to an appeal tribunal, the total and percentage where the original finding was upheld, where the original finding was reversed, where the original punishment was upheld and where the original punishment was reversed, respectively.
§ Mr. Giles Shaw[pursuant to his reply, 4 July 1985, c. 241]: The information requested is as follows:
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1981 Total Dismissed Punishment Varied Allowed Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Number of appeals received *71 50 70 8 11 3 4 Referred to tribunal under 1975 criteria 18 25 12 16 5 7 1 1 Referred to tribunal exceptionally 1 1 1 1 — — Not referred to a tribunal 42 59 37 52 3 4 2 3
1982 Total Dismissed Punishment Varied Allowed Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Number of appeals received *91 67 74 7 8 1 1 Referred to tribunal under 1975 criteria 23 25 16 18 6 7 1 1 Referred to tribunal exceptionally 1 1 1 1 — — Not referred to a tribunal 51 56 50 55 1 1 —
1983 Total Dismissed Punishment Varied Allowed Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Number of appeals received *76 46 61 6 8 2 3 Referred to tribunal under 1975 criteria 28 37 10 13 3 4 1 1 Referred to tribunal exceptionally — — — — Not referred to a tribunal 40 53 36 47 3 4 1 1
1984 Total Dismissed Punishment Varied Allowed Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Number of appeals received *76 13 17 2 3 1 1 Referred to tribunal under 1975 criteria 30 39 — — — Referred to tribunal exceptionally 1 1 — — — Not referred to a tribunal 36 47 13 17 2 3 1 1 * Includes appeals withdrawn before determination which have not been shown elsewhere. Notes:
The figures in the second, third and fourth columns, giving the results of appeals, reflect the outcome of the appeals received in the year in question, although not necessarily determined in that year. An appeal may be in respect of more than one charge: the outcome shown is in respect of the most serious punishment appealed in each case.
Fifteen appeals lodged in 1983 and 51 in 1984 remain to be determined.