The Metropolitan Police has confirmed it will continue to review an historical allegation of rape against former Home Secretary Lord Brittan, despite the peer's death aged 75.
The Conservative peer died at his London home following a long battle with cancer, his family said.
He was recently caught up in a row over allegations that he failed to act on evidence of child abuse by senior figures in Westminster in the 1980s.
The Metropolitan Police has confirmed a review of an alleged rape case against Lord Brittan "remains ongoing" despite his death on Thursday.
In a statement the Met Police said:
"In late 2012, a woman alleged to the Metropolitan Police Service that she was raped by a man in 1967 at an address in London.
The woman was over the age of 18 at the time of the incident.
An investigation was commenced by officers from the Sexual Offences, Exploitation and Child Abuse Command.
Advice was sought from the CPS, and both police and the CPS agreed at that time that there was insufficient evidence to proceed.
A subsequent review of the case was carried out and further lines of inquiry were conducted.
This included in June 2014, a man aged in his 70s being interviewed under caution by appointment at a central London location in connection with the allegation. He was not arrested.
After further consultation with the CPS, it was confirmed that those additional inquiries had not strengthened the original evidence; but police have subsequently been carrying out a further review of the case which remains ongoing."
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