Planting of Evidence (Hansard, 17 January 1990)

§ Sir David Steel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of alleged planting of evidence were made last year against the police in England and Wales; and how many of these resulted in prosecutions.

§ Mr. Peter Lloyd
Such information is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

§ Sir David Steel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will bring forward amendments to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 in order to guard against the planting of evidence on suspects by police.

§ Mr. Peter Lloyd
No. Such conduct, if proved, already constitutes an offence under the police discipline code, and I see no justification for amending the Act along the lines suggested.