Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information she holds on the reasons why the Independent Police Complaints Commission has not published its report on the actions of South Yorkshire Police at Orgreave coke works in 1984.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has completed its assessment of matters arising from the policing of events at Orgreave in 1984 and is currently obtaining legal advice regarding the publication of the outcome of its assessment.

This has been a very complex exercise which has required the in-depth analysis of a vast amount of documentation from over 30 years ago. As the IPCC is an independent organisation the Government has no control or influence over the
date of publication of its findings.