United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 11770
Criminal Records
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29 January 2024
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5 February 2024 · Answer
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5 February 2024
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take legislative steps to expunge criminal records for summary offence crimes committed by individuals (a) under the age of 18 and (b) more than 10 years ago.
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29 January 2024
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take legislative steps to expunge criminal records for summary offence crimes committed by individuals (a) under the age of 18 and (b) more than 10 years ago.
Source: Commons
5 February 2024
Answer
The Government agrees with the conclusion of the 2017 Justice Select Committee report, ‘Disclosure of youth criminal records’, which found that, whilst there may be some merits in a mechanism whereby records could become ‘sealed’, this would create “unsus...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-01-29/11770
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1685487
- uk · wq-1685487 · source updated 5 February 2024