Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 26575
Crimes of Violence: Convictions
Tabled: 27 January 2025
Answered: 30 January 2025
Named DayQuestion
Kim Johnson
Labour — Liverpool Riverside
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of deleting the Gang Violence Matrix on the ability of wrongfully convicted people to appeal their convictions.
Answer
Sarah SackmanThe now decommissioned Gang Violence Matrix was an operational risk assessment tool used by the Metropolitan Police. As a risk assessment tool, it was not used to provide evidence on which a person could be convicted. The deletion of the Gang Violence Mat...
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