Chief Police Officers

HC Deb 05 June 1998 vol 313 cc381-2W

Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will place in the Library a copy of the full accounts of the Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland for the last year for which the accounts are available; [44096]

(2) which grades so entitled within the police service have refused to join (a) the Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland and (b) ACPO Ltd; [44098]

(3) if the members of ACPO who became directors of ACPO Ltd. informed their respective police authorities that ACPO was a limited company. [44102]

Mr. Michael

None of those entitled or invited to join have refused to join the Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland or ACPO Limited.

I have arranged for a full copy of the accounts for 1996/97 for the Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland (ACPO) to be placed in the Library.

The Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland is not part of the Home Office, nor is it accountable to the Secretary of State for the Home Department. The appointment of chief officers of police as directors of ACPO is a matter for those chief officers and their police authorities.