Jim Shannon – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2016-01-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been released from custodial sentences as a result of wrongful convictions in each of the last 10 years.

Mike Penning

The Ministry of Justice does not hold the number of people released from custodial sentences as a result of wrongful convictions in England and Wales. Obtaining this information would incur disproportionate cost.