§ Mr. TrotterTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many appeals have been made to him by police officers in each of the last five years and how many such cases involved disciplinary proceedings which had resulted in(a) dismissal, (b) the officer being required to resign and (c) reduction in rank; how many such appeals in each category were decided in each of the last five years; in how many cases the appeals were (i) upheld or (ii) 459W varied; and where reduction in rank was involved what was the reduction originally proposed and what was imposed after the appeal.
§ Mr. Charles WardleStatistical information relating to police disciplinary appeals is prepared on the basis of cases completed in each calendar year. Figures for the last five years are as follows:
Appeals completed 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Total number of appeals 42 45 43 58 35 Total appeals against dismissal, 4 12 8 14 8 of which: appeal allowed — — — 1 2 punishment varied 3 6 3 1 — Total appeals against requirement to resign, 26 21 21 20 19 of which: appeal allowed — — 1 1 — punishment varied 5 4 1 4 4 Total appeals against reduction in rank, 7 6 2 12 3 of which: appeal allowed — 1 — — — punishment varied 4 2 1 2 2
Analysis of reductions in rank Original punishment Result of appeal 1989 Chief inspector to constable Reduced to sergeant Inspector to sergeant Varied to financial punishment Inspector to Constable Appeal dismissed Sergeant to Constable Varied to financial punishment Sergeant to Constable Varied to reprimand Sergeant to Constable (two cases) Appeal dismissed 1990 Inspector to sergeant Allowed Inspector to Constable Appeal dismissed Sergeant to Constable Varied to financial punishment Sergeant to Constable (three cases) Appeal dismissed 1991 Chief inspector to inspector Varied to reprimand Sergeant to Constable Appeal dismissed 1992 Chief inspector to inspector Appeal dismissed Inspector to Sergeant (three cases) Appeal dismissed Sergeant to Constable (two cases) Varied to financial punishment Sergeant to Constable (six cases) Appeal dismissed 1993 Chief inspector to inspector Varied to financial punishment Inspector to Constable Appeal dismissed Sergeant to Constable Varied to financial punishment