PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Sentencing: Appeals (18 June 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) appeals and (b) successful appeals the Government has made against sentences on the basis of undue leniency, in each of the last 20 years.
Asked by:
Mr Richard Holden (Conservative)
Asked by:
Mr Richard Holden (Conservative)
Answer
The statistics from 2000 are provided below. It should be noted that Attorney General’s Office does not hold accurate data prior to 2001 and we are not in possession of the data indicating the number of successful appeals for the year 2000.
Year | Appeals the Government has made against sentences on the basis of undue leniency | Successful appeals the Government has made against sentences on the basis of undue leniency |
2000 | 31 | Data unavailable |
2001 | 147 | 90 |
2002 | 148 | 94 |
2003 | 96 | 78 |
2004 | 105 | 66 |
2005 | 108 | 67 |
2006 | 144 | 104 |
2007 | 76 | 53 |
2008 | 59 | 46 |
2009 | 84 | 58 |
2010 | 77 | 60 |
2011 | 117 | 94 |
2012 | 82 | 62 |
2013 | 70 | 61 |
2014 | 122 | 106 |
2015 | 136 | 102 |
2016 | 180 | 130 |
2017 | 173 | 137 |
2018 | 140 | 99 |
2019 | 97 | 63 |
Answered by:
Sir Michael Ellis (Conservative)
23 June 2020
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