HC Deb 05 March 1992 vol 205 c252W
Mr. Peter Bottomley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people each year since 1985 have had convictions overturned because forensic evidence presented at trial has subsequently been reconsidered or challenged successfully.

Mr. John Patten

I regret that the information requested is not recorded centrally.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people each year since 1985 have had convictions for murder overturned.

Mrs. Rumbold

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Taunton (Mr. Nicholson) on 23 January 1992, column317.