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<p> </p><p> </p><p>Since the Government commenced sections 92-101, Protection of Freedoms
Act on 1 October 2012, the Home Office has received applications for 185 offences
from 147 individuals seeking to have their historical convictions or cautions for
certain offences disregarded under these provisions.</p><p> </p><p>For the last three
months, from 1 April 2014, the Home Office has received applications for 23 offences
from 13 individuals seeking to have their <br>historical convictions or cautions for
certain offences disregarded under these provisions.</p><p> </p><p><br>The Home Secretary
has determined that 45 offences were eligible for disregard under sections 92; 130
offences were not eligible for disregard under sections 92; there are 10 applications
pending decision to date.</p><p> </p><p>The most common reasons for a decision of
ineligibility were either a failure to fully meet the criteria required under section
92, or that that the conviction was out of scope, as prescribed at sections 92 and
101 of the Act</p><p> </p>
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