Question follow-through · 33638
Aiding and Abetting: Convictions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people tried under joint enterprise are successfully convicted.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 25 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 3 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
25 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people tried under joint enterprise are successfully convicted.
3 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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3 Mar 2025
Answer published
Joint enterprise is not a specific criminal offence. It is a common law doctrine which can apply in situations where two or more individuals have a common purpose to commit a criminal offence. No data is therefore available on either the average sentence ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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