Jim Fitzpatrick – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Fitzpatrick on 2016-04-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with Chief Crown Prosecutors on the decision not to prosecute any individuals for suspected electoral and financial fraud committed in Tower Hamlets during the mayoral election there in 2014.

Andrew Selous

The Ministry of Justice has not had any discussions with Chief Crown Prosecutors on this matter.

Decisions on whether to charge or to prosecute individuals suspected of electoral and financial fraud in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets are matters for the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service. I refer my Honorable Friend to Mr. Marcus Jones’ response to Parliamentary Question 29350.