Written question asked by Brian Jenkins (Labour) on Wednesday, 21 June 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 26 June 2006. It was answered by Tony McNulty (Labour) on Monday, 10 July 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.

Crime Statistics

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) males and (b) females (i) were found guilty of and (ii) pleaded guilty to complicity in or assisting (A) a suicide and (B) infanticide in (1) Tamworth and (2) the West Midlands in the last period for which figures are available.

Answer: Data from the court proceedings database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform shows that there were no convictions for aiding and abetting suicide in the West Midlands in 2004. Offences of complicity in or assisting infanticide cannot be separated from the offence of infanticide itself in the data held. However the records show that there were no convictions for infanticide in the West Midlands in 2004. Had there been conviction data for West Midlands, we would be unable to provide a convictions figure for Tamworth constituency, as the data is not available at the level of detail required.Figures for 2005 will be available in the autumn of 2006.

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