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Criminal Offences

Volume 405: debated on Friday 16 May 2003

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many criminal offences have been abolished since 1997. [111723]

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.