David Hanson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2016-10-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were prosecuted in their absence for (a) serious sexual offences, (b) class A drug use and (c) manslaughter in each year since 2010.

Mr Sam Gyimah

Information on whether or not a defendant is in attendance at their hearing is not held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.