HC Deb 05 July 1972 vol 840 cc174-5W
Mr. Rose

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many majority verdicts have been returned since the introduction of this rule; and what those verdicts were.

Mr. Carlisle

The information is not available since an acquittal by a majority is not disclosed as such. The numbers of persons found guilty by majority verdict in the years 1968–70 were:

1968 444
1969 470
1970 627

Figures for 1971 are no treadily available.