HC Deb 09 January 2002 vol 377 c903W
Mr. Tynan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many court cases have collapsed during the last five years because of technical law procedures. [23877]

Mr. Keith Bradley

The number of court cases which collapsed because of technical law procedures cannot be identified by the Home Office from other early terminations or acquittals in the statistics collected centrally by the Department.