§ Mr. Peter BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions and for what reasons the Metropolitan Police have applied for delay in determining Sergeant Gurpal Virdi's Employment Tribunal application. [77237]
§ Kate HoeyThe Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis tells me that the Metropolitan Police have twice applied for a delay in determining Sergeant Gurpal Virdi's Employment Tribunal application. On both occasions, the reason was to await the decision of the Crown Prosecution Service on whether charges should be brought against Sergeant Virdi.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when Sergeant Gurpal Virdi was suspended from the Metropolitan Police; and when the Metropolitan Police advised his Department of the Employment Tribunal case relating to Sergeant Gurpal Virdi. [77235]
§ Kate HoeyThe Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis tells me that Sergeant Gurpal Virdi was suspended from duty on 15 April 1998.
The Metropolitan Police had not previously had reason to advise me of the Employment Tribunal relating to Sergeant Virdi. The Commissioner tells me that a directions hearing of the tribunal has been arranged for 5 May 1999.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what disciplinary charges the Metropolitan Police plans to lay against Sergeant Gurpal Virdi. [77236]
§ Kate HoeyThe Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis tells me that on 23 February 1999 the Metropolitan Police Complaints Investigation Branch was asked to consider whether any disciplinary action should be taken against Sergeant Gurpal Virdi and if so what the disciplinary charges should be. No decision has yet been taken on these matters.