§ Mr. BoatengTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many convictions have been quashed by the Court of Appeal since the introduction of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 on the grounds of(a) unreliable police evidence, (b) unreliable confession evidence, (c) unreliable forensic or other expert evidence and (d) other grounds.
Mr. John M. TaylorThe information requested is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, in the period since January 1985, when the relevant sections of the Police and
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Firm Consultancy Value £ Coopers and Lybrand (a) Diplomatic Wing 1992 Project Support Office 19,000 Market Testing Advice 7,000 Quality Review 38,700 Attitude Survey and follow up 42,250 Market Testing 10,000 1993 Market Testing Advice 41,300 IT Financial Management Accounting System—FMAS 94,400 (b) Aid Wing 1992 Market Testing—Service Specification: Overseas Pensions Department 3,800 Privatisation proposals 21,200 1993 Market Testing—A Review of Potential Suppliers 25,500 Review of Office Services 65,000 Reviewing the Status of Crown Agents and CDC 94,000 Ernst and Young (a) Diplomatic Wing 1992 OED IT Procurement System 58,800 1993 OED IT Procurement System 11,500 Firman Jack (a) Diplomatic Wing 1992 Chessington Interface 10,400 1993 Baselining Posts Overseas Accounting System 15,200 Baselining Posts Reconciliation Accounts System 3,600 Financial Management Accounting System 3,300 Chessington Interface 20,200 Contingency Planning 1,900 KPMG Management Services Criminal Evidence Act 1984 came into force, a total of 2,123 appeals against conviction have been allowed in part, or in whole, by the Court of Appeal criminal division.