United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 42790
Criminal Records
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31 March 2025
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8 April 2025 · Answer
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8 April 2025
Summary
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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31 March 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the population of England and Wales has a criminal record.
Source: Commons
8 April 2025
Answer
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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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-03-31/42790
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1790736
- uk · wq-1790736 · source updated 8 April 2025