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12 August 2011
Last updated at 11:34 ET
The police watchdog is investigating a claim that an officer on the Milly Dowler murder case gave information to the News of the World newspaper.
The allegation against the Surrey Police officer is from 2002, the year the 13-year-old was murdered by doorman Levi Bellfield.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is offering to meet the Dowler family.
In June it emerged Milly's phone had been hacked by the News of the World.
Mark Lewis, the Dowler family's solicitor, said: "The Dowler family welcome the full investigation into what happened at the time of the initial inquiry into Milly's disappearance.
"It would not be appropriate to make any further comment at this stage."
A News International spokesman said the company would not be commenting.
The schoolgirl disappeared while walking home from school in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
Bellfield was convicted of her murder in June 2011.
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The allegation against the Surrey Police officer is from 2002, the year the 13-year-old was murdered by doorman Levi Bellfield.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is offering to meet the Dowler family.
In June it emerged Milly's phone had been hacked by the News of the World.
Mark Lewis, the Dowler family's solicitor, said: "The Dowler family welcome the full investigation into what happened at the time of the initial inquiry into Milly's disappearance.
"It would not be appropriate to make any further comment at this stage."
A News International spokesman said the company would not be commenting.
The schoolgirl disappeared while walking home from school in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
Bellfield was convicted of her murder in June 2011.
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