| Website: | https://www.devon-cornwall.police.uk/ |
| Contact: | https://www.devon-cornwall.police.uk/contact/ |
| Players (5): |
| Oliver Colvile xMP - (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) |
| George Eustice xMP - (Camborne and Redruth) |
| Scott Mann xMP - (North Cornwall) |
| Johnny Mercer xMP - (Plymouth Moor View) |
| Derek Thomas xMP - (St Ives) |
| Query: | Dear Devon and Cornwall Police
I have been following the 2015 General Election Expenses Investigation on http://www.isbuc.co.uk/expenses which has collected, collated and cross-referenced a large amount of publicly available data regarding what is popularly known as #ToryElectionFraud. Your police authority features on the site because Oliver Colvile MP (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport), George Eustice MP (Camborne and Redruth), Scott Mann MP (North Cornwall), Johnny Mercer MP (Plymouth Moor View) & Derek Thomas MP (St Ives) are part of your 'patch', so to speak. The Devon and Cornwall Police page is here - http://www.isbuc.co.uk/expenses/police.php?id=5
I assume you are fully aware of the truly nationwide scale of this issue but you may find it useful to remind yourselves by taking advantage of the 'broad view' that the data on the site provides. A number of sources suggest your organisation may have ongoing investigations but, with only a few weeks to go before the deadline expires, I have grown concerned at the ominous silence regarding your endeavours. I would appreciate it if you would help alleviate my, and many others, concerns and provide me with a brief outline of the current state of your researches. Thank you for your time, I look forward to your reply. |
| Response: | Devon and Cornwall Police answered a very similar request only a couple of days ago and I have provided a link below to that response which is available on our Force website:
FOI Request 1262/17
https://www.devon-cornwall.police.uk/FOI/Doc/585e6457-4e41-4a0e-bee6-9ba005262abd
Should you have any further questions concerning this matter, please contact me quoting my reference number as above and we can progress them as a Freedom of Information request. |
| Articles - subject of: |
| 10/05/17 - | Devon crime czar says election expenses investigation was 'sobering experience' |
| 12/04/17 - | Devon and Cornwall PCC expenses inquiry file sent to prosecutors |
| 11/04/17 - | Freedom of Information Act Request No: 1262/17 |
| 10/04/17 - | No action against Plymouth MP after 'admitting expenses error' |
| 10/04/17 - | Tory election spending: MP admitted to police some claims were wrong |
| 18/03/17 - | Cornish MPs George Eustice and Scott Mann investigated by police over election expenses |
| 26/08/16 - | Crime commissioner expenses probe 'to conclude by November' |
| 25/05/16 - | Devon & Cornwall police given more time to investigate Tory election expenses allegations |
| 11/05/16 - | Eustice among MPs to be probed over election costs |
| 09/05/16 - | PCC Alison Hernandez 'should stand aside' over expenses probe |
| 09/05/16 - | Devon & Cornwall police call in another force to investigate Tory election expense allegations |
| 08/05/16 - | Tory crime chief is investigated by her own police force for 'election fraud' |
| 04/05/16 - | Police asked to probe Tory police candidate's role in election expenses row |
| 03/05/16 - | Election expenses: Tory PCC candidate under scrutiny |
| 28/04/16 - | Police to probe the election expenses of North Cornwall MP Scott Mann |
| 21/04/16 - | Exclusive: West MP denies wrongdoing after election overspend claims |
| Articles - mentioned in: |
| 10/05/17 - | CPS statement on election expenses |
| 10/05/17 - | CPS pursuing no charges after Tory election spending inquiry into 14 police files |
| 10/05/17 - | Cornwall Conservative MPs will not be charged over alleged discrepancies in election expenses |
| 08/05/17 - | Prosecutors to reveal if they'll charge up to 30 Tory MPs with election fraud THIS WEEK |
| 27/04/17 - | Another police force submits file to prosecutors in election expenses investigation |
| 16/03/17 - | Two Tory MPs reveal CPS is reviewing their election spending |
| 15/03/17 - | Tory election spending claims: 12 police forces pass files to CPS |
| 08/12/16 - | Police commissioner Alison Hernandez to be quizzed in election expenses probe |
| 23/06/16 - | Election Expenses Exposed (long article) |
| 28/05/16 - | 19 police forces have or want a legal extension to investigate Tory election expenses |
| 18/05/16 - | Electing to pay more |
| 15/05/16 - | Tory party chiefs personally approved election expenses rules which are now being investigated by police |
| 13/05/16 - | What is the Tory election expenses story and why isn't it bigger news? |
| 13/05/16 - | Police asked to investigate Conservative election letters |
| 13/05/16 - | Police called in to investigate David Cameron letters as election fraud probe grows |
| 11/05/16 - | Electing to pay |
| 09/05/16 - | Police probe east Runcorn MP election expenses |
| 07/05/16 - | Minister dragged into fraud probe: 23 MPs are accused of failing to declare thousands of pounds spent on election campaigns |
| 06/05/16 - | Tory election expenses: police announce investigation |
| 06/05/16 - | Why haven't we heard more about the allegations of Tory election fraud? |