§ Lord Monsonasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether Mr. Darrel Gunn, sentenced to three years' imprisonment at Northampton Crown Court on 15 November for unlawfully imprisoning a youth alleged to have threatened to kill Mr. Gunn's family, had any previous convictions, and if so, for what.
§ The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Blatch)Information about criminal convictions sometimes becomes public as a result of police investigations or legal proceedings, but it is not normally the practice of the police or the Government to divulge such information about individuals other than for operational purposes, in connection with the administration of justice, as a result of established vetting arrangements, or in response to a request by the individual concerned for subject access under the provisions of the Data Protection Act