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Morris Inquiry publishes MPS survey results

Press release: 10 September 2004

The Morris Inquiry, an independent inquiry into professional standards and employment matters in the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), has today published the results of a survey into professional standards within the MPS.

15,616 MPS officers and staff responded to the questionnaire which was distributed in June 2004. The results will be assessed by the Inquiry panel along with other evidence gathered during the Inquiry.

Designed to focus on a number of specific areas, the survey questionnaire gathered information relating to employment and workplace behaviour such as job satisfaction, workloads and work-life balance, equality and diversity, resources, communication and physical working environment.

Commenting Sir Bill Morris, Chair of the Inquiry, said: “The results of the survey represent a significant contribution to the evidence which will inform our recommendations”.

Since the Inquiry began in January 2004, it has heard from senior officers and managers, the Metropolitan Police Federation, trade unions and staff associations as well as a number of individuals. Additionally, the Inquiry team has spent time with officers on patrol and visited the Hendon Training Centre as well as a number of police stations in London.

Notes to editors

1. The survey results are available to view on this website. The questionnaire was distributed to 43,000 MPS officers and staff in June 2004.

2. The Inquiry was launched on 21 January 2004 and is being led by Sir Bill Morris. The Inquiry was commissioned by the Metropolitan Police Authority because of its concerns about perceptions held of unfairness, disproportionality and discrimination in the way some MPS employment matters are investigated.

3. The Inquiry is due to report on its findings and recommendations towards the end of the year.

4. Sir Bill Morris, former General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union, chairs the Inquiry. He sits with Sir Anthony Burden, QPM, formerly Chief Constable, South Wales Police and former President of the Association of Chief Police Officers, and Anesta Weekes QC, who sits as Recorder in the Crown Court and part-time chairman of employment tribunals. She was Counsel to the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry.

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Contact the Morris Inquiry Press Office

Pritie Billimoria
Lucy Thom
Janet Rafferty

Telephone: 020 7282 2962
Facsimile: 020 7282 1064

E-mail: morrisinquirypressoffice@citigatec.co.uk

On this website:

• Survey results