§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many complaints as defined under section 84/4 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 were recorded under section 9 in the discipline code in 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988; how many of those complaints were formally investigated; and how many of those investigated were substantiated;
814W(2) how many internal investigations were carried out by the United Kingdom police forces in 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988 which related to section 9 of the discipline code; and how many of those were found to be substantiated.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe available information is as follows:
1985 1986 1987 1988 Number of complaints Recorded1 83 197 180 220 Formally investigated 57 142 131 127 Substantiated 0 4 4 5 1Does not include complaints which were recorded but subsequently withdrawn. Information relating to internal investigations which were not based on a complaint under the terms of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and to the subsequent disciplinary proceedings is not held centrally, and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost