§ Mr. DunnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the number of persons who have been found guilty of offences which were deemed capital offences prior to the abolition of the death penalty in 1965, for each year since 1975; and if he will show against such figures the percentage change year on year.
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§ Mr. John PattenNo such figures are available in the absence of a specific court decision. Under the Homicide Act 1957 only the court, with full details of the case, could determine whether any particular offence was capital and since 1965 no such determination has been made.