§ Mr. Keith HillTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many actions for compensation following alleged maltreatment by police were taken in the civil courts against the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis between 1 April 1991 and 31 March 1996; and, of that number, how many(a) were discontinued, (b) were decided in favour of the Metropolitan police, (c) were decided against the Metropolitan police, (d) were settled out of court and (e) are still pending. [35486]
§ Mr. MacleanThe commissioner informs me as follows:
Discontinued Settled out of court Decided in favour of the Metropolitan police Decided against the Metropolitan police 1991 n/a 74 7 9 1992 n/a 85 10 11 1993 n/a 140 8 6 1994 n/a 174 23 11 1995 15 140 28 22 1996 (to 3 July) 6 47 4 9 I understand that records of cases pending are not kept as a high percentage are never formally discontinued.
§ Mr. HillTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) in how many cases of actions for compensation following alleged maltreatment by police taken in the civil courts against the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis between 1 April 1991 and 31 March 1996, the commissioner(a) accepted liability and (b) issued an apology. [35487]
(2) for each financial year from 1 April 1991 to 31 March 1996, what was the cost of (a) internal and (b) external legal fees expended separately by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis in respect of actions for compensation following alleged maltreatment by police taken in the civil courts against the commissioner; [35488]
(3) what was the cost of (a) internal and (b) external, legal fees expended by the Metropolitan police in respect of actions for compensation following alleged maltreatment by police taken in the civil courts against the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis for each financial year from 1 April 1991 to 31 March 1996; [35489]
(4) on what dates between 1 April 1991 and 31 March 1996, civil court actions for compensation following alleged maltreatment were decided against the Metropolitan police; and how much was awarded in each case. [35491]
§ Mr. MacleanThis information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. HillTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what dates between 1 April 1991 and 31 March 1996 actions for compensation following alleged 141W maltreatment by police were settled out of court; and where made public, what was the amount of the settlement in each case. [35490]
§ Mr. MacleanThis information is not available centrally.