Written question asked by Vincent Cable (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 29 October 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 4 November 1999. It was answered by Charles Clarke (Labour) on Thursday, 4 November 1999 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average number of days taken in investigating complaints for each of the police complaints and discipline departments in each authority in England and Wales for the last year in which figures are available. - Includes table.

Answer: Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average number of days taken in investigating complaints for each of the police complaints and discipline departments in each authority in England and Wales for the last year in which figures are available. [97121] Mr. Charles Clarke: The available information is in terms of the average completion times for complaints cases, and is given in the table. Average completion times for complaints cases 1998-99 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Police force area Days Avon and Somerset 70 Bedfordshire 94 Cambridgeshire 101 Cheshire 137 Cleveland 74 Cumbria 88 Derbyshire 72 Devon and Cornwall 87 Dorset 77 Durham 64 Essex 82 Gloucestershire 56 Greater Manchester 72 Hampshire 118 Hertfordshire 82 Humberside 75 Kent 141 Lancashire 98 Leicestershire 102 Lincolnshire 69 City of London 69 Merseyside 87 Metropolitan Police 112 Norfolk 109 Northamptonshire 149 Northumbria 108 North Yorkshire 84 Nottinghamshire 82 South Yorkshire 80 Staffordshire 97 Suffolk 85 Surrey 85 Sussex 114 Thames Valley 58 Warwickshire 93 West Mercia 88 West Midlands 83 West Yorkshire 92 Wiltshire 96 Dyfed-Powys 66 Gwent 148 North Wales 132 South Wales 124 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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