HC Deb 16 March 1989 vol 149 cc294-5W
Mr. Neil Hamilton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average length of time police officers are suspended from duty awaiting the results of investigations into alleged disciplinary offences in(a) Cheshire police, (b) Greater Manchester police and (c) Merseyside police; how many police officers are currently suspended from duty for this reason in each of the three forces; and, over the past five years, how many of those suspended have subsequently had no charges or disciplinary action taken against them.

7. Mr. Douglas Hogg

The information is as follows:

Average length of time of suspension (calculated over the most recent convenient 12-month period):

(a) 11 months, (b) 7.4 months, (c) 9.6 months

Number of officers currently suspended

(a) 1, (b) 9, (c)

Over the last five years, number of suspended oficers who subsequently had no charges or disciplinary proceedings brought against them

  1. (a) 0, out of a total of 10 officers.
  2. (b) 2, out of a total of 57 officers, including 9 whose cases are still under consideration. (Information relates to period from 1 January 1985 only—previous year's figures not readily available).
  3. (c) 3, out of a total of 41 officers, including 6 whose cases are still under consideration.