Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the (a) effectiveness of the misconduct process and (b) adequacy of decisions on (i) dismissals and (ii) other sanctions handed down by legally qualified chairs in the Metropolitan Police in the period (A) before and (B) after 2016.

On 17 January 2023, the Home Secretary formally launched a review into the process of police officer dismissals to ensure that the system is fair and effective at removing those officers who are not fit to serve.

The Terms of Reference were published on the same day and include the composition of misconduct panels, the consistency of decision-making in certain types of cases and the trends in the use of sanctions.