§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list in his Official Report all those cases in the past 20 years where persons have been convicted of offences on the basis of forensic evidence and where that conviction has subsequently been overturned because of doubt about the validity of that forensic evidence; and if he will indicate in which of these cases compensation has been paid for wrongful imprisonment.
§ Mr. MellorWe have information on cases where the Home Secretary has made an ex gratia payment in respect of a wrongful conviction, but information regarding the grounds on which convictions are quashed is not recorded centrally.