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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Sentencing: Appeals (8 June 2015)

Question Asked

To ask the Attorney General, how many cases referred to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentences scheme in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 were successful.

Asked by:
Karl Turner (Labour)

Answer

The number of offenders referred to the Court of Appeal in 2013 and 2014 are set out in the table below.

Year

2013

2014

Offenders referred to the Court of Appeal

79

128

The number of offenders whose sentences were considered unduly lenient and whose sentences were increased by the Court of Appeal in 2013 and 2014 are set out in the table below.

Year

2013

2014

Offenders whose sentences were unduly lenient

63

109

Offenders whose sentence was increased

61

105

Detailed information on the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme was published on the Attorney General’s Office website on Thursday 11 June 2015. The information can be accessed at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/attorney-generals-office.


Answered by:
Sir Robert Buckland (Conservative)
15 June 2015

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