§ Mr. Redmondasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the police authorities and the number of officers involved in complaints in each authority; and whether any officer has been involved in more than one complaint in connection with the mining dispute.
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§ Mr. Giles ShawThe table records, by police area, the number of members of the police force against whom complaints arising from the miners' strike were recorded under s.49 of the Police Act 1964 between 13 March 1984 and 5 March 1985. In addition 273 complaints were made against officers who have not been identified.
The other information sought is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproprotionate cost.
Number Cheshire 10 Derbyshire 28 Devon and Cornwall 1 Dorset 4 Durham 13 Dyfed Powys 1 Essex 2 Gloucestershire 4 Greater Manchester 11 Gwent 15 Hertfordshire 4 Humberside 4 Kent 16 Lancashire 3 Lincolnshire 4 Merseyside 17 Metropolitan 4 Northumbria 22 North Wales 2 North Yorkshire 1 Nottinghamshire 49 South Wales 26 South Yorkshire 40 Staffordshire 10 Sussex 1 Thames Valley 2 Warwickshire 19 West Midlands 8 West Yorkshire 6