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Northern Ireland Office

Answer

Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many investigations carried out by the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland have resulted in (a) successful prosecutions and (b) disciplinary charges being brought in each year of its operation. [188642] Mr. Pearson: The Police Ombudsman has advised that as a result of her investigations: (a) 28 recommendations have been made to the DPP for prosecution since 6 November 2000. DPP has directed prosecutions in 13 cases, no prosecutions in 10 cases and five cases await direction. DPP also directed prosecutions in three cases where Ombudsman had not recommended prosecution. Arising from those cases which have been through the courts there have been four convictions, all in 2004. (b) the following disciplinary matters have been referred to the Chief Constable: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Formal Informal1 Nov 2000 to March 2001 nil nil April 2001 to March 2002 2 5 April 2002 to March 2003 8 37 April 2003 to March 2004 16 95 April 2004 to date 2 7 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 refers to disciplinary processes such as Superintendent's warning, advice and guidance to be given, or procedural issues to be addressed.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

426 c1770W;426 c1774W; 188642

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Complaints Disciplinary proceedings Prosecutions Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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