| Heading: |
Crimes of Violence: Convictions |
| Question ID: |
1758952 |
| UIN: |
26575 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-27 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4824 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Kim Johnson
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Kim Johnson
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of deleting the Gang Violence Matrix on the ability of wrongfully convicted people to appeal their convictions. |
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true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-30 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5204 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sarah Sackman
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Sarah Sackman
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| Answer text: |
The now decommissioned Gang Violence Matrix was an operational risk assessment tool used by the Metropolitan Police. As a risk assessment tool, it was not used to provide evidence on which a person could be convicted. The deletion of the Gang Violence Mat... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |