Information Access Team 
Information Management Service 
Financial & Commercial Group 
  2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF 
Switchboard 020 7035 4848   
E-mail: [email address] Website: www.homeoffice.gov.uk 
 
Mr. Derek Canning  
Our Ref:   CR 14451 
 
[FOI #30900 email] Date: 
22nd April 2010 
 
Dear Mr. Canning,  
I write in response to your email of the 23rd March 2010 in regards to your request 
for the following information: 
Why the police are not prosecuting Shorrock for his crimes especially in 
relation to the Chris Marshall case now that three judges three court case 
have clearly stated that Shorrock has committed criminal damage and is a 
burglar as he had no right to be on Chris Marshall's property and when asked 
to leave by Chris Marshall he refused.  
Furthermore, do you hold any more information on why Hampshire Police are 
paying for the judgement against Shorrock with public in spite of the fact that 
a number of judges have said that the police are not liable but Shorrock is. 
 
Your request has been handled as a request for information under the Freedom of 
Information Act 2000. We can now provide you with a substantive response to your 
request.  
We have carried out a thorough search and we have established that the Home 
Office does not hold the information which you have requested.  
In regards to your comments about wanting the Home Office to investigate the 
Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), the IPCC is the statutory 
guardian of the police complaints system and as such holds sole ownership of the 
police complaints system and the investigations that it undertakes.  The IPCC is an 
independent body that is operationally independent of both police and the Home 
Office. This means that Home Office has no power to intervene in the IPCC’s 
operations or influence their decisions, which can only be overturned in the courts 
through a process of judicial review.  
The IPCCs work is scrutinised by Parliament through the Public Accounts 
Committee and the Home Affairs Select Committee. The IPCC regularly publish their 
investigation reports, annual report, research studies, and complaint statistics in the 
public domain via their website www.ipcc.gov.uk

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The IPCC is not overseen by an Ombudsman, but if a member of the public wishes 
to make a complaint about the IPCC, they can do so to their Internal Complaints 
Manager by contacting [email address]
If you are dissatisfied with this response you may request an independent internal 
review of our handling of your request by submitting a complaint within two months 
to the address below, quoting reference CR14451.   
 
Information Access Team 
Home Office 
Ground Floor, Seacole Building 
2 Marsham Street 
London  
SW1P 4DF 
 
Alternatively you can e-mail: [email address] 
As part of any internal review the Department's handling of your information request 
wil  be reassessed by staff who were not involved in providing you with this 
response. If you ask for an internal review, it would be helpful if you could say why 
you are dissatisfied with the response.   
 
If you remain dissatisfied after this internal review, you would have a right of 
complaint to the Information Commissioner as established by section 50 of the 
Freedom of Information Act.  
 
Yours sincerely, 
Ian Lister 
Information Access Consultant  
Information Access Team 
 

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