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Homicide: Police

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of murdering a police officer by year of conviction for the period 2020-2024.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
25 Feb 2026
Target answer date
2 Mar 2026
Answer
2 Mar 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of murdering a police officer by year of conviction for the period 2020-2024.

  2. 2 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The Ministry of Justice publishes data on convictions for a wide range of offences, including murder in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal justice statistics - GOV.UK...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Community Orders

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