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Miscarriages of Justice: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications were received for compensation following a conviction being quashed in each year since 2018; what proportion of those applications were successful; and what the average compensation award wa
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 12 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 8 Oct 2024 · 26 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications were received for compensation following a conviction being quashed in each year since 2018; what proportion of those applications were successful; and what the average compensation award wa
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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8 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Miscarriages of Justice Application Service (MOJAS) has published management information which provides an overview of all applications received and decisions made for miscarriage of justice between April 2016 and March 2024. The statistics cover appl...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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