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Written question asked by Lord Sharkey (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 18 July 2013, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 1 August 2013. It was answered by Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Conservative) on Wednesday, 24 July 2013.


Protection of Freedoms Act 2012

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many applications there have been for the Secretary of State to disregard a conviction under the terms of section 92 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012; how many of those applications have been successful; and what was the estimated total cost of processing those applications.[HL1752]

Answer

To date the Home Office has received 118 applications to have a conviction or caution disregarded under the provisions of s.92 Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, of which 32 applications

have been granted. It is not possible to estimate the cost of processing these applications as the work has been absorbed within existing departmental resources.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL1752; 747 c214WA
Session
2013-14
Subjects
Convictions Sexual offences
Legislation
Protection of Freedoms Act 2012
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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