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E-mail: Info.Access@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk Website: www.homeoffice.gov.uk

Mr. Mark Charlesworth Date: 01 July 2009

[FOI #13527 email]

Ref: 12220

Dear Mr. Charlesworth,

Thank you for your e-mail dated 20 June 2009 in which you request information regarding criminal convictions & appeals statistics dating back to 1881.

This information is not held by the Home Office; criminal registers dating back to 1881 are available through the National Archives (TNA) who can be contacted at: -

Address: TNA

Kew

Richmond

Surrey

TW9 4DU

Telephone: 020 8876 3444

The department now responsible for this area is the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) who can be contacted at: -

Address: Ministry of Justice
102, Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ
United Kingdom

Email: [email address]

However, Criminal Statistics are published by The Stationery Office (TSO) and are therefore in the public domain, and should be reasonably accessible via your local library service.

If you are dissatisfied with this response you may request an independent internal review of our handling of your request by submitting your complaint to:

Information Access Team
Information Management Service
Home Office
4th Floor, Seacole Building
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF

During the independent review the department's handling of your information request will be reassessed by staff who were not involved in providing you with this response. Should you remain dissatisfied after this internal review, you will have a right of complaint to the Information Commissioner as established by section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act.

Yours sincerely

Peter Zebedee

Customer Liaison Team
Information Management Service