Written questions

Crimes of Violence: Convictions

Commons · Question 26575 · Tabled 27 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 30 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Kim Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of deleting the Gang Violence Matrix on the ability of wrongfully convicted people to appeal their convictions.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Sackman, 30 Jan 2025

The now decommissioned Gang Violence Matrix was an operational risk assessment tool used by the Metropolitan Police. As a risk assessment tool, it was not used to provide evidence on which a person could be convicted. The deletion of the Gang Violence Mat...