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Home Office

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Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state (a) what categories of complaints and (b) how many complaints were received in each category, by the police complaints and discipline departments for the last year in which figures are available, in each of the 43 police authorities in England and Wales. [97120] Mr. Charles Clarke: The categories of complaint used by police complaints and discipline departments are as follows: 1. Oppressive Behaviour Category A: Serious non-sexual assault Category B: Sexual assault Category C: Other assault Category D: Oppressive conduct/harassment Category E: Unlawful arrest etc. 2. Racial Discrimination Category F 3. Malpractice Category G: Perjury/irregularity in evidence Category H: Corrupt practice Category J: Mishandling of Property 4. Failures in Duty Category K: Breach, Code A Category L: Breach, Code B Category M: Breach, Code C Category N: Breach, Code D Category P: Breach, Code E Category R: Breach, unspecified or multiple Category S: Other neglect of duty Category T: Other irregularity in procedure 5. Incivility Category U 6. Traffic Category V 7. Other Category W. Information showing the number of complaints received in each category for financial year 1998-99 is given in the table: Number of complaints recorded during the year, according to category of complaint 1998-99 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. A B C D E F G H J K Avon and 7 1 246 114 63 23 7 0 13 6 Somerset Bedfordshire 1 1 36 8 15 0 1 4 5 2 Cambridgeshi 1 0 95 29 23 4 16 0 14 5 re Cheshire 4 3 149 70 23 9 25 5 28 7 Cleveland 6 1 111 29 23 4 2 6 7 1 Cumbria 2 1 56 63 13 4 12 1 10 1 Derbyshire 8 0 114 40 25 6 4 2 5 5 Devon and 12 1 195 83 46 6 15 4 10 15 Cornwall Dorset 3 0 53 18 7 2 3 1 0 3 Durham 4 0 79 9 6 1 5 0 1 1 Essex 0 0 141 51 30 3 7 6 22 0 Gloucestersh 4 2 69 19 21 4 2 0 8 4 ire Greater 29 2 483 74 127 56 36 15 55 7 Manchester Hampshire 1 2 209 60 36 7 7 1 13 4 Hertfordshir 4 0 89 39 16 10 6 1 6 3 e Humberside 7 0 125 34 17 9 6 4 11 8 Kent 0 1 151 77 57 15 27 6 27 9 Lancashire 15 3 223 98 72 7 27 1 26 9 Leicestershi 3 1 80 42 14 13 1 1 2 5 re Lincolnshire 5 0 67 37 13 2 9 1 8 0 City of 0 0 4 16 7 8 0 1 1 0 London Merseyside 20 1 393 187 163 14 42 1 34 22 Metropolitan 49 19 1,576 799 476 304 180 25 253 211 Police Norfolk 0 2 78 37 19 4 8 3 12 11 Northamptons 2 0 78 37 6 6 4 2 7 0 hire Northumbria 16 2 211 40 58 4 11 3 22 7 North 1 1 93 26 10 6 16 1 5 4 Yorkshire Nottinghamsh 5 2 172 84 36 17 12 1 19 5 ire South 3 1 183 23 37 4 13 1 13 6 Yorkshire Staffordshir 3 0 157 55 36 7 11 2 8 4 e Suffolk 0 0 80 19 10 4 8 0 11 3 Surrey 2 0 107 108 29 10 4 2 19 6 Sussex 6 2 197 178 52 14 28 1 54 28 Thames 18 3 202 79 64 17 17 3 18 9 Valley Warwickshire 0 1 60 31 8 5 5 0 5 1 West Mercia 8 1 155 25 28 6 17 0 13 6 West 19 4 462 127 134 49 34 7 39 11 Midlands West 22 4 278 66 62 16 20 3 17 2 Yorkshire Wiltshire 5 1 81 46 10 7 1 0 7 2 Dyfed-Powys 1 1 23 39 15 5 9 0 2 4 Gwent 13 2 179 111 28 2 10 0 9 2 North Wales 2 4 102 45 18 2 7 4 8 4 South Wales 16 1 224 74 19 13 16 5 29 1 England and 327 71 7,866 3,246 1,962 709 691 124 876 450 Wales _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of complaints recorded during the year, according to category of complaint 1998-99 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. L M N P R S T U V W Avon and 18 45 2 0 1 105 18 175 3 5 Somerset Bedfordshire 11 6 0 0 1 27 6 36 1 0 Cambridgeshi 15 28 0 0 9 59 18 76 5 13 re Cheshire 16 27 0 0 0 85 27 101 11 7 Cleveland 17 16 0 1 1 18 9 66 1 7 Cumbria 13 11 1 0 0 24 6 56 11 4 Derbyshire 19 21 0 0 4 50 11 73 6 7 Devon and 19 42 0 0 0 145 28 161 11 5 Cornwall Dorset 4 10 1 0 0 10 5 39 2 4 Durham 3 2 0 0 1 21 3 35 1 9 Essex 5 8 0 0 1 96 21 107 10 2 Gloucestersh 12 17 0 1 0 28 16 61 3 1 ire Greater 104 45 0 0 84 251 34 367 20 418 Manchester Hampshire 13 39 2 0 5 75 21 128 19 12 Hertfordshir 23 28 0 0 3 68 21 57 7 35 e Humberside 13 23 1 0 0 46 19 91 2 9 Kent 23 60 0 0 0 75 24 64 8 0 Lancashire 36 51 1 2 1 88 8 142 17 23 Leicestershi 15 12 0 0 3 28 7 40 1 12 re Lincolnshire 9 26 1 0 0 51 12 51 8 4 City of 4 3 0 0 0 9 0 13 2 1 London Merseyside 26 73 0 0 0 141 24 233 11 44 Metropolitan 166 272 2 16 1,094 101 1,424 67 122 Police Norfolk 15 11 1 1 0 59 14 41 9 2 Northamptons 6 13 0 0 0 26 16 43 5 5 hire Northumbria 27 53 0 0 0 32 15 95 2 31 North 7 23 0 0 2 45 26 74 6 17 Yorkshire Nottinghamsh 39 47 0 0 0 101 15 116 2 16 ire South 19 35 0 0 0 63 10 133 4 3 Yorkshire Staffordshir 8 11 0 0 0 114 11 89 3 2 e Suffolk 11 14 0 0 0 53 14 37 4 0 Surrey 13 28 1 0 0 134 41 192 13 20 Sussex 57 74 0 2 0 164 77 187 29 3 Thames 24 48 0 0 1 66 24 127 12 36 Valley Warwickshire 5 16 1 0 0 19 1 28 4 16 West Mercia 12 31 0 0 0 51 5 90 6 0 West 78 113 2 0 4 86 62 294 10 55 Midlands West 28 62 1 0 0 53 12 133 6 11 Yorkshire Wiltshire 7 13 1 0 0 9 5 51 6 7 Dyfed-Powys 11 15 0 0 0 13 6 35 0 1 Gwent 18 18 0 0 6 28 21 44 7 7 North Wales 15 11 1 0 0 50 2 74 9 8 South Wales 18 24 0 0 1 104 12 181 12 2 England and 1,002 1,525 19 7 144 3,864 846 5,564 376 986 Wales _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

97120; 337 c291-4W;337 c291-3W

Session

1998-99

Subjects

Complaints Police

Contains statistics

Yes