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Mr. Simon Hughes
To ask the Attorney-General how many cases of homicide in London (a) have not been the subject of commencement of legal proceedings, (b) have been the subject of commenced but discontinued legal proceedings, (c) have been the subject of completed legal proceedings, but without conviction and (d) have led to conviction, for each year since the CPS was established. [80372]
The Solicitor-General
The CPS do not keep central records. Figures compiled by the Home Office from police notifications show that:
In addition, there were proceedings pending as follows: 1 in 1986, 1 in 1994, 1 in 1995, 7 in 1996 and 29 in 1997.