{"value":{"id":710741,"memberId":4009,"member":null,"memberRole":"The Minister of State for Fire and Policing","uin":"HCWS534","dateMade":"2017-03-14T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":1,"answeringBodyName":"Home Office","title":"Independent Police Complaints Commission Annual Report 2015 - 2016","text":"<p>I am pleased to announce that today my hon. Friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury and I are publishing the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) Annual Report and Accounts [HC 450]. Copies of the report have been laid before the House and will be available in the Vote Office.</p><p>This is the twelfth Annual Report from the IPCC, covering their work during 2015/16. In this period the IPCC have made good progress as they continue their expansion. They have started more than twice the number of investigations than in 2014/15 and completed 259 cases (139 more than in the previous year). The report also highlights some key investigations the IPCC handled, for example those involving deaths during or following police contact. It also reports on the progress made with the Hillsborough Investigations.</p><p>As well as covering the police, the Annual Report also includes a section on the discharge of their responsibilities in respect of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.</p>","house":"Commons","noticeNumber":5,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":710740,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2017-03-14T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/710741","method":"GET"}]}