Question follow-through · 33476

Solicitors: Misrepresentation

To ask the Solicitor General, how many people are prosecuted under s21 of the Solicitors Act 1974 each year.

answeredAttorney General

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Answering body
Attorney General
Tabled
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
3 Mar 2025
Answer
7 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Solicitor General, how many people are prosecuted under s21 of the Solicitors Act 1974 each year.

  2. 3 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Crown Prosecution Service holds data on the number of prosecutions where a charge has been authorised and reached a first hearing in the magistrates’ courts for specific offences.The below table provides details of the number of offences charged under...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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