A question on #CriminalRecords tabled by Luke Akehurst on 31-03-2025 has been answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin.

Heading: Criminal Records
Question ID: 1790736
UIN: 42790
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-31
Asking Member ID: 5112
Asking Member display name: Luke Akehurst
Asking Member handle: lukeakehurst
Asking Member Twitter reference: @lukeakehurst
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the population of England and Wales has a criminal record.
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Date answered: 2025-04-08
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4056
Answering Member display name: Sir Nicholas Dakin
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Answering Member Twitter reference: Sir Nicholas Dakin
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Answer text: To answer the question exactly would be disproportionate costs. The Ministry of Justice holds an extract of data from the Police National Computer (PNC). To obtain data on all those with a criminal record would require collaborating with the Home Office a...
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Answering body ID: 54
Answering body name: Ministry of Justice
Tweeted: true