Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department holds data on the number of applications for leave to appeal against conviction and sentence that were (a) considered, (b) granted and (c) refused each year between 2016 and 2022.

HMCTS publishes annual statistics for the Royal Courts of Justice, including those requested, through the link below:

Civil justice statistics quarterly: January to March 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).