HC Deb 17 October 1990 vol 177 cc820-1W
Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list in theOfficial Report the number of occasions in the past 10 years when public interest immunity certificates have been issued concerning matters before coroners and other courts preventing members of police forces and others within the remit of his Department from attending such courts, and to prevent such courts from hearing details of operations; indicating which operations were involved and how many individuals were covered by such certificates.

Mr. Waddington

There is no systematic record kept centrally of all cases in which public interest immunity is claimed in respect of police forces and others within the responsibility of the Home Office and it would not be possible to provide the information sought except at disproportionate cost.