Question follow-through · 104681
Miscarriages of Justice
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been wrongfully convicted of a crime in the last ten years.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 12 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jan 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Justice and policing
- Arson: Convictions · 14 Jan 2026
- Prisoners' Release · 27 Jan 2026
- Life Imprisonment: Children · 28 Jan 2026
- Prisoners · 28 Jan 2026
- Prisoners: Learning Disability · 28 Jan 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
12 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been wrongfully convicted of a crime in the last ten years.
14 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jan 2026
Answer published
We have interpreted this question as relating to successful appeals against verdicts, heard at the Crown Court and the Court of Appeal.The Ministry of Justice publishes quarterly data on successful appeals against magistrates’ courts verdicts heard at the...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Arson: Convictions
14 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of arson in the last 12 months.
Prisoners' Release
27 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were released without accommodation in each of the last five years.
Life Imprisonment: Children
28 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many life sentences have been handed out to people under the age of 16 in the last five years.
Prisoners
28 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people being held in prisons in England and Wales have not been found guilty in a court.
Prisoners: Learning Disability
28 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people with a learning disability have (i) entered and (ii) exited the prison population in each of the last ten years.
Prisoners: Offences against Children
28 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that child sex offenders are separated in prisons.
Prisoners: Learning Disability
2 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in the prison population are deemed to have a learning difficulty.
Remand in Custody
2 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in England and Wales are on remand awaiting trial.
Crimes of Violence: Retail Trade
10 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take legislative steps through the Sentencing Bill to toughen fines and sentences for people convicted of the assault of retail workers.
Electronic Tagging: Contracts
3 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent on electronic monitoring contracts in each of the last five years.
Electronic Tagging
3 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many electronic monitoring tags are in use.
Electronic Tagging
3 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost is per electronic monitoring tag; and what the running costs are of those tags.