Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 94768

Criminal Proceedings: Evidence

Tabled: 26 November 2025

Answered: 4 December 2025

Question

Jim McMahon

Labour (Co-op) — Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many criminal prosecutions in England and Wales collapsed due to (a) lost (b) missing and (c) damaged evidence for each year from 2015 to date.

Answer

Sarah Sackman

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on criminal court prosecutions that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal justice statistics quarterly - GOV.UK.The Ministry of Justice cannot provide data on cases that a...

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