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524189

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Gurpal Virdi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how and why the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) joined the Metropolitan Police in announcing that retired police sergeant Gurpal Virdi was charged with misconduct in public office and with indecent assault on a person under 16 years; what publicity the CPS recorded as resulting at the time; when the memorandum of a conviction proved 1 April 1987 for offences on 7 November 1986 of a defendant born on 5 September 1970 with informant or complainant recorded as PC Markwick came to the attention of the CPS; what steps were taken to put right the effect of the wrong statement; when those steps were taken; and what the results of those steps were.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	40180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>A press release was issued by the Metropolitan Police Service which stated that the complainant was under 16. The CPS was not a party to this release and did not issue any other release. The CPS does not retain records of publicity resulting at the time.</p><p> </p><p>When the case was reviewed in 2014 for charging, the complainant and the witness clearly stated that the complainant had been 15 when the incident took place in 1986.<del class="ministerial"> In addition Mr Virdi also said in interview that the complainant had been 15 at the time of the incident.</del> The police summary stated that the complainant was 15. However the complainant’s date of birth and the date of his arrest were known and this mistake should not have been made.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS was supplied with the memorandum of conviction referred to on 17 September 2014.<del class="ministerial">The indictment was formally amended thereafter.</del></p><p> </p><p>No steps were taken to publicise the fact that the charge was later amended in open court to remove the assertion that the complainant was under 16.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/06/2016 13:53:54 question first ministerially corrected 24/06/2016 09:44:08 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 3723 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

895577

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Gurpal Virdi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which public bodies have obtained a transcript of the trial of Gurpal Virdi at Southwark Crown Court.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	139922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>Transcripts of Crown Court proceedings, where requested, are produced by third party transcription companies.</p><p> </p><p>Checks of the relevant transcription companies indicate that no transcript of the entire trial has been provided to a public body, although a transcript of one day of the hearing (31 July 2015) was requested by the Metropolitan Police on 28 October 2015.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 10/05/2018 10:41:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

418741

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Gurpal Virdi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will meet hon. Members and representatives of the Crown Prosecution Service to discuss the prosecution of Councillor Gurpai Virdi in the case heard at Southwark Crown Court starting on 27 July 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	10211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2015 answer text <p>The decision to prosecute Gurpal Virdi for misconduct in public office and indecent assault was made in accordance with the Full Code Test as set out in the Code for Crown Prosecutors. The case was handled by a specialist unit within the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), prosecuted by Treasury Counsel and supervised at very senior levels of the CPS.</p><p>There was detailed legal argument and a defence application to dismiss the case before trial. The application failed. At trial no defence submission was made to the trial judge that the matter should not be left to the jury. Mr Virdi was subsequently acquitted by the jury after a full trial.</p><p>I understand that the CPS has already written to my Hon. Friend with a more detailed explanation of the decision making in this case and I am satisfied that the CPS have handled the prosecution appropriately. However, I am happy to meet my Hon. Friend along with representatives of the CPS to discuss the case further if required.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 30/09/2015 10:16:16 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

524273

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Gurpal Virdi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	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.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	40178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The cost of obtaining any court transcript depends on the length of the proceedings.</p><p>The exact cost of the transcript in this case is unknown as no transcript has been requested to date by the Metropolitan Police Service.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 14/06/2016 17:50:22 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 3869 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

895578

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Gurpal Virdi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	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.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	139923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold this information which is an operational matter for the Metropolitan Police Service.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 09/05/2018 16:57:05 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

418730

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Gurpal Virdi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	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.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	10209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>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.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 18/09/2015 09:57:49 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

524190

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Gurpal Virdi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the cost is to the Crown Prosecution Service of obtaining a transcript of the Southwark Crown Court trial of charges against Gurpal Virdi.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	40181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has requested an estimate of the cost of obtaining a transcript and has been informed that it will take 10 days for this to be supplied. Once the estimate is received the CPS will write to the Honorable Member to inform him of the figure.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/06/2016 13:52:08 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

530642

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Gurpal Virdi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Ministerial Correction of 24 June 2016 to Question 40180, on Gurpal Virdi, how many statements of fact by the complainant were contradicted by (a) Tom Makins and (b) police or court records; and which police or court records confirmed the age of the complainant in November 1986.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	41556
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not consider it possible to answer questions (a) and (b) with a number because of the degree of interpretation required to determine what may amount to a “contradiction” and what may be described materially as a “statement of fact”.</p><p>There are no contemporaneous documents from 1986. The memorandum of conviction, which is held in the form of a certified extract created some years later, contains the date of birth. The microfiche records, which are dated after 1986, also contain the date of birth.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 07/07/2016 09:04:08 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1141122

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Gurpal Virdi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the GOLD Group on Operation GIANNA overseeing the Metropolitan Police Department of Professional Standards investigation into allegations in relation to Gurpal Virdi, how many participants in the GOLD Group had the rank or role of (a) Deputy Commissioner, (b) Deputy Assistant Commissioner, (c) Commander, (d) Chief Superintendent, (e) Superintendent, (f) Detective Chief Inspector, (g) Detective Inspector, (h) Detective Sergeant, (i) member of SCD2 Sapphire, (j) member of the Department of Media and Communications and (k) member of the Department of Legal Services; whether representatives of the Crown Prosecution Service were ever present; how many meeting were held; which attendees asked whether there was any evidence that Gurpal Virdi was present at the arrest of the complainant in autumn 1986; which attendees asked whether there was evidence taken from PC Markwick on the arrest for which he was the officer in charge; which attendees asked why evidence was not sought from PC Mady on the arrest of the complainant in spring 1987; what assessment he has made of the equity of the only review of the investigation being conducted by the Department of Professional Standards into its original investigation; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	280115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>Oversight and review of investigations conducted by professional standards departments are operational matters for forces and, where appropriate, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC). Such decision making is in-dependent of government.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 25/07/2019 09:20:08 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

895575

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Gurpal Virdi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will set out the inaccuracies known to the CPS and to the prosecuting barrister which were made by the complainant in the criminal prosecution of Gurpal Virdi.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	139921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>As my Right Honourable Friend will know, the CPS makes all its prosecution decisions independently and therefore I am unable to intervene on an individual case.</p><p>I do however understand that the CPS has previously written to, and met with, the Hon. Member and fully discussed the decision making in this case and the evidence on which the prosecution based its case.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 16/05/2018 13:52:26 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley