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Simon Hughes
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many criminal offences have been abolished since 1997. [111723]
Paul Goggins
No central records are kept of abolished offences. The information could be provided only at disproportionate cost. For example, an offence may be re-enacted or amended and, once identified, a detailed assessment would be required in each case.