United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 6191
Criminal Liability
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24 May 2021
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27 May 2021 · Answer
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27 May 2021
Summary
To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of criminal cases have been dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service where automatism has been used as a defence in each of the last three years.
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24 May 2021
Written question
To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of criminal cases have been dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service where automatism has been used as a defence in each of the last three years.
Source: Commons
27 May 2021
Answer
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of any defence employed by defendants in criminal proceedings. This information could only be obtained by an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-05-24/6191
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1327329
- uk · wq-1327329 · source updated 27 May 2021