POLICE in England’s biggest county have confirmed they are not involved in the investigation into former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath.

In a statement released this afternoon, August 18, the North Yorkshire force said a search of their records had been carried out but the deceased former PM had not been implicated in any offences.

However information has been passed to the Wiltshire force, which is leading the investigation into Mr Heath, who is currently at the centre of a series of child sex abuse claims.

In its statement n the force said: “Following a comprehensive search of force systems, North Yorkshire Police can confirm that nothing was found to designate Edward Heath as either a suspect or a victim of crime in North Yorkshire.”

However it added: “One piece of intelligence held in relation to Mr Heath though not connected to the North Yorkshire area, has been passed to Wiltshire Police as the force leading the investigation into the deceased former Prime Minister.”

The North Yorkshire and Wiltshire forces have refused to elaborate further on what that information could relate to.

However Sky News reported an allegation had been made against the former PM by someone now working as a prison officer in North Yorkshire.

The record search followed the suggestion of possible links between Mr Heath and Peter Jaconelli, the former Scarborough mayor who died in 1999.

Mr Jaconelli - a friend of disgraced TV presenter Jimmy Savile – was posthumously accused of sex offences against young boys and last year, following a ten-month investigation, the North Yorkshire force said they probably would have prosecuted him if he was still alive.

Meanwhile it has emerged that seven police forces – Wiltshire, Kent, Jersey, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Thames Valley and the Met - are now investigating at least 12 allegations of historic child sex abuse against Sir Edward.

The former Premier, who died at his Salisbury home in 2005 aged 89, was a private man who never married.