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Home Office

Answer

Mr. Michael: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many officers with (a) the Metropolitan police, (b) the National Criminal Intelligence Service and (c) the South-East regional crime squad have been suspended from duty in each of the past 10 years and in the current year, broken down by rank in each case. [6692] Mr. Maclean: [holding answer 2 December 1996]: This information is available only from 1990 onwards. Table 1 gives details for the Metropolitan police service and for the South-East regional crime squad. One Metropolitan police officer, who was attached to the National Criminal Intelligence Service at the relevant time, is included within the Metropolitan police service figures. Table 1: Officers suspended from the Metropolitan police 1990 to 1996 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Rank 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 so far Metropolitan police Police constable 37 60 54 56 33 36 42 Detective constable 7 8 3 7 3 11 6 Sergeant 8 3 10 4 3 6 3 Detective sergeant 1 0 0 {1}7 2 4 1 Inspector 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 Detective inspector 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Chief inspector 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Detective chief inspector 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Superintendent 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 Total 56 75 68 {1}67 42 61 53 South-East regional crime squad Detective constable 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 Detective sergeant 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Acting detective inspector 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Total 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1}Includes one officer who when suspended was attached to NCIS.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

6692; 286 c600W;286 c598W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Discipline Police Metropolitan Police National Criminal Intelligence Service South East Regional Crime Squad

Contains statistics

Yes