HC Deb 06 July 1992 vol 211 c34W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action is to be taken against members of special branch for their part in events leading up to the escape in 1991 of two Irish Republican Army suspects from Her Majesty's prison Brixton; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Charles Wardle

I understand that the chief constable of Staffordshire has received the report which he commissioned from the deputy chief constable of Nottinghamshire into allegations of special branch involvement in the escape. The report concludes that there is no evidence to warrant criminal or disciplinary action against any member of Staffordshire police. Any action to be taken on the report is for the chief constable of Staffordshire in the first instance.