§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 20 April,Official Report, column 271, if he will place in the Library full details of the responses to his Department's inquiries into miscarriages of justice, including the nature of the allegation, the nature of the inquiries undertaken, the recommendations made by the investigating officer and the decision made on each case by him. [21038]
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerThe information requested is as follows:
police forces from which replies are still awaited in respect of investigations of alleged miscarriages of justice; [21044]
(2) if he will list the 11 police forces from which information in regard of miscarriages of justice was requested; and how many cases were raised with each force. [21035]
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerInformation was requested from the following forces:
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Number of cases Avon and Somerset constabulary 1 Lancashire constabulary 1 Northumbria police 1 Devon and Cornwall constabulary 1 West Midlands police 2 Greater Manchester police 2 Metropolitan police1 3 West Mercia constabulary1 1 Kent constabulary1 2 Thames Valley police1 1 West Yorkshire police1 1 1These forces were unable to provide the information requested. Greater Manchester police were able to provide the information in one of the two cases concerned.
§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research projects or investigations have been undertaken by his Department or on behalf of his Department into international comparisons of the costs of investigating miscarriages of justice. [21037]
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerNone.