questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans her Department has to strengthen the protection of people with spent convictions, in the context of technological advancements in data sharing.
answerText: The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (the ROA) sets out when an offender is considered to be ‘rehabilitated’ for the purposes of the Act and sets out the relevant rehabilitation periods for cautions and convictions, i.e. when a caution or conviction b...
heading: Offenders