§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the total numbers of complaints made against the police for the last 10 years, year by year, the numbers subsequently upheld and the number resulting in disciplinary action.
§ Mr. Peter LloydInformation relating to the total number of complaints investigations completed, the total number of complaints substantiated and the total number resulting in disciplinary action is published annually in the 581W reports of Her Majesty's chief inspector of constabulary and of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, except for the commissioner's 1988 annual report. Owing to a change of format the Commissioner's 1988 report did not contain information relating to the number of complaints investigations completed or the number of complaints substantiated.
Information relating to the total number of complaints made each year is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Copies of the reports can be found in the Library.