Asked by: Peter Bottomley (Conservative - Worthing West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the names and job titles were of the Gold Group members who considered the investigation of allegations against former police sergeant Gurpal Virdi.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The Home Office does not hold this information which is an operational matter for the Metropolitan Police Service.
Asked by: Peter Bottomley (Conservative - Worthing West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the Metropolitan Police is of obtaining a transcript of the Southwark Crown Court trial of charges against Gumpal Viladi.
Answered by Mike Penning
The cost of obtaining any court transcript depends on the length of the proceedings.
The exact cost of the transcript in this case is unknown as no transcript has been requested to date by the Metropolitan Police Service.
Asked by: Peter Bottomley (Conservative - Worthing West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Metropolitan Police have provided her with a copy of the memorandum of a conviction/order entered in the Register of Lambeth East Juvenile Court that records the proving on 1 April 1987 of offences or complaints by PC Markwick by a defendant aged over 16 on 7 November 1986.
Answered by Mike Penning
The Metropolitan Police Service has not provided this document to the Home Office.
Asked by: Peter Bottomley (Conservative - Worthing West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on when former Metropolitan Police officer Gurpal Virdi was authorised to drive a police vehicle.
Answered by Mike Penning
The Home Office does not hold information on when police officers are authorised to drive police vehicles. This information is held by individual police forces.
Asked by: Peter Bottomley (Conservative - Worthing West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Metropolitan Police first had authorisation to issue and allow officers to use a collapsible baton.
Answered by Mike Penning
The Metropolitan Police Service first had authorisation to use a collapsible baton on 28 June 1995.