Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 51276

Criminal Records

Tabled: 9 May 2025

Answered: 19 May 2025

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that spent convictions are not considered once spent.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (the ROA) sets out when an offender is considered to be ‘rehabilitated’ for the purposes of the Act and sets out the relevant rehabilitation periods for cautions and convictions, i.e. when a caution or conviction b...

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