Offenders: Behaviour Disorders

(asked on 15th November 2021) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the (a) impact of defendant neurodiversity in convictions deemed unsafe on appeal and (b) prevalence of defendant neurodiversity in collapsed trials.


Answered by
James Cartlidge Portrait
James Cartlidge
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 24th November 2021

Information on defendant neurodiversity is not collected. Information on trial outcomes can be found at National statistics overview: Criminal court statistics quarterly: April to June 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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