Written question asked by Andy Slaughter (Labour) on Tuesday, 8 September 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 11 September 2015 (named day). It was answered by Robert Buckland (Conservative) on Friday, 11 September 2015 on behalf of the Attorney General.
Euthanasia
- Question
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To ask the Attorney General, in how many cases of assisted suicide the Crown Prosecution Service has received files in each of the last six years.
- Answer
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Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) records show that, between 1st April 2009 and 10 September 2015, there have been 114 cases, recorded as assisted suicide or euthanasia, referred by the Police. 24 of these cases were later withdrawn by the police.
The CPS central record cannot be filtered to identify how many referrals were received in each year. This information could only be obtained by manually examining CPS case files, which would incur a disproportionate cost.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 9398
- Session
- 2015-16
- Subjects
- Euthanasia
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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