Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 October 2020 to Questions 96824, 96825, and 96829 on Convictions and Police Cautions: Young People, when he plans to write to the hon. Member for West Ham with the information requested.

Obtaining the necessary information to answer the questions asked on 7^th October 2020, involves accessing the Police National Computer (PNC). This system can only be accessed via a fixed location in our offices. Although PNC access re-started after the first lockdown in March, work to catch up the data loading needs to be completed before these questions can be answered. Currently there is reduced capacity to do this due to the current national lockdown. I will write to the Hon Member with the information requested when this data is available and will place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.