HC Deb 06 March 2000 vol 345 cc548-9W
Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many investigations have been undertaken to date by the Metropolitan police under the provisions of the(a) War Crimes Act 1991 and (b) International Convention on Torture. [112923]

Mr. Charles Clarke

The Commissioner of the Metropolitan police has informed me that, between May 1991 and 2 March 2000, 381 individuals have been investigated under the War Crimes Act 1991. He also informs me that two allegations under section 134 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (the offence of Torture) have been investigated.

Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Metropolitan police officers are assigned to the investigation of cases referred to the Metropolitan police under(a) the War Crimes Act 1991 and (b) the International Convention on Torture; and if he will make a statement. [1 I 2926]

Mr. Charles Clarke

The Commissioner of the Metropolitan police has informed me that no officers are currently assigned to the investigation of cases under the War Crimes Act 1991.

He also informs me that no officers are assigned specifically to the investigation of allegations of torture. Officers are assigned, principally from the Organised Crime Group, as and when allegations are made.

1996
Total police vehicle accidents No limmediate response/pursuit Immediate/pursuit Fatal RTAs immediate/pursuits Police serious injury immediate/pursuits Police other injuries immediate/pursuits Civilian fatal PVAs immediate/pursuits Civilian serious injury immediate/pursuits Civilian other injuries immediate/pursuits
Avon and Somerset 507 229 82 0 1 45 2 13 21
Bedfordshire 205 93 19 0 2 5 0 1 11
Cambridgeshire 256 107 19 0 2 15 0 4 7
Cheshire 194 102 28 0 3 18 0 5 16
City of London 80 19 4 0 1 7 0 0 4
Cleveland 75 22 7 0 0 8 0 2 2
Cumbria 116 19 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
Derbyshire 320 96 27 0 7 18 0 4 14
Devon and Cornwall 250 64 21 0 0 9 0 4 20
Dorset 119 56 12 0 0 2 0 2 8
Durham 159 73 18 0 0 14 0 0 16
Dyfed-Powys 75 19 6 0 0 5 0 0 4
Essex 391 93 20 0 1 15 1 0 16
Gloucestershire 196 91 13 0 3 6 0 1 3
Greater Manchester 957 1n/a 1n/a 0 7 61 2 7 30
Gwent 195 38 2 0 0 2 2 0 2
Hampshire 555 161 24 0 0 12 0 0 25
Hertfordshire 223 75 15 0 3 16 0 1 6
Humbersire 188 37 9 0 0 6 0 2 5
Kent 423 180 27 0 5 12 1 4 5
Lancashire 449 85 20 0 2 7 2 2 17
Leicestershire 214 78 12 0 0 2 2 1 7
Lincolnshire 71 36 5 0 0 2 0 0 3
Merseyside 320 135 139 0 3 101 2 3 139
Metropolitan Police 3,783 1,308 320 0 43 352 1 27 189
Norfolk 192 45 10 0 0 6 0 0 7
North Wales 95 22 9 0 2 7 0 0 3
North Yorkshire 131 48 11 0 1 6 0 4 9
Northamptonshire 134 68 19 0 0 11 0 2 14
Northumbria 1n/a 1n/a 1n/a 1n/a 1n/a 1n/a 1n/a 1n/a 1n/a
Nottinghamshire 298 135 28 0 1 22 0 4 12
South Wales 597 79 4 0 0 2 0 0 0
South Yorkshire 292 98 33 0 1 33 0 2 21
Staffordshire 557 156 39 0 0 33 0 0 6
Suffolk 136 21 4 0 0 3 0 0 3
Surrey 270 125 26 0 3 18 0 1 8
Sussex 401 140 35 0 1 19 0 8 33
Thames Valley 888 398 19 0 3 5 1 2 8
Warwickshire 137 46 15 0 0 7 0 0 8
West Mercia 175 55 12 0 5 10 0 0 5
West Midlands 1,503 295 53 0 0 54 1 1 35
West Yorkshire 728 15 1n/a 1n/a 1n/a 1n/a 1n/a 1n/a 1n/a
Wiltshire 53 10 3 0 0 1 0 0 2
Provincial total 13,125 3,664 850 0 57 627 14 80 555
England and Wales Total 216,908 34,972 41,170 50 5100 5979 515 5107 5744