§ Mr. SedgemoreTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the number of police complaints, or cases of complaint, in each of the last five years for which figures are available which led to police officers being charged with(a) a criminal offence, or, if the information is held or recorded in a suitable form, (b) a non—traffic criminal offence, and (c) a traffic offence, and in each caste, the number of police officers convicted. [20033]
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§ Mr. MacleanThe information on complaints resulting in criminal proceedings, for England and Wales, excluding the Metropolitan police, is shown in the table. Information held centrally does not show the number of convictions resulting from complaints.
Number of substantiated complaints by type of criminal proceedings 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Traffic offences 5 0 4 0 4 Other criminal offences 15 27 8 7 21 Total complaints resulting in proceedings 20 27 12 7 123 1Two complaints resulted in proceedings for both traffic and other criminal offences.
§ Mr. SedgemoreTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the total number of police officers in England and Wales, including the Metropolitan police, against whom disciplinary charges were brought in each of the last six years for which figures are available showing(a) in the case of discipline charges arising out of a complaint from a member of the public (i) the number of officers charged and (ii) the number of officers against whom charges were proved, (b) in the case of discipline charges arising out of other circumstances (i) the number of officers charged, (ii) the number of officers against whom charges were proved and (c) the total of (a) and (b) (i) charged and (ii) proved.[20034]
§ Mr. MacleanThe information requested is set out in the table, with the exception of figures for the Metropolitan police, which were not collected centrally before 1993. Revised collection criteria introduced from 1993 also mean that figures for the number of disciplinary charges arising in circumstances other than from a compliant are no longer available centrally.
Police officers charged—found guilty of disciplinary offences arising from a complaint or other circumstances—England and Wales excluding Metropolitan police. 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Complaints Officers charged 108 84 102 121 101 121 Officers found guilty 63 61 75 100 70 106 Other Circumstances Officers charged 358 278 258 271 269 n/a Officers found guilty 329 265 246 264 259 1256 Total charged 466 362 360 392 370 n/a Total found guilty 392 326 321 364 329 1362 1The 1993 figure relates to officers receiving disciplinary punishments.