Question follow-through · 111256
Convictions and Police Cautions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what demographic data in relation to ethnicity, gender and age his Department holds on convictions and cautions over the last 30 years.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 5 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 13 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what demographic data in relation to ethnicity, gender and age his Department holds on convictions and cautions over the last 30 years.
9 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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13 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Ministry of Justice holds an extract of the Police National Computer (PNC) which holds data on ethnicity, gender and age for convictions and cautions since 2000. A breakdown of this information is published annually in the First Time Entrants and Offe...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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