Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of police misconduct investigations held in England in the last 12 months.

The Home Office collects and publishes data on the number of police complaints, conduct matters and misconduct proceedings (including cases and allegations) on an annual basis in the ‘Police misconduct, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin which can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-misconduct-statistics.

The latest information covers cases finalised in year ending 31 March 2023.

This statistical release is also accompanied by open data tables which include information on misconduct proceedings:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-misconduct-open-data-tables

Data for the period 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 is due for publication in late 2024 to early 2025.