Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to (a) record and (b) publish data on conviction rates of joint enterprise.
The Ministry of Justice only collects information on how many defendants are prosecuted and convicted for each offence in any given year. Currently, information is not collated on whether that prosecution or conviction relied on the law of joint enterprise.
The feasibility of collecting data on joint enterprise cases is being considered as part of the development of the Common Platform Programme. The Common Platform aims to provide a single case management system that will enable the sharing of evidence and case information across the Criminal Justice System.