Convictions: Appeals

(asked on 14th March 2022) - View Source
Questioner
Barry Sheerman Portrait
Barry Sheerman
(Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)

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 for each offence type in each year between 2016 and 2022.

Answered by
James Cartlidge Portrait
James Cartlidge
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 22nd March 2022

The following table gives a breakdown of the number of applications for leave to appeal against conviction for each offence category in each full year between 2016 and 2021. Data for 2022 is incomplete and has not therefore been included.

Offence Category

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Total

Offences against person

304

313

346

298

229

294

1,784

Sexual Offences

454

461

377

292

224

254

2,062

Dishonesty/Theft/ Robbery/Burglary

313

266

217

216

147

181

1,340

Arson/Damaging Property

10

8

6

8

4

5

41

Public Order

32

26

42

28

14

21

163

Firearms/Explosives/Offence Weapon

41

54

53

48

39

33

268

Contempt/Perverting Justice/Public Office

35

29

29

23

3

12

131

Environment/H&S/Planning

1

4

5

4

1

2

17

Computer

1

0

0

1

0

1

3

Drugs

129

101

115

107

63

79

594

Driving/Road Traffic incl. Fatality

20

23

22

18

6

13

102

Racially Aggravated

6

2

2

0

2

4

16

Terrorism

6

11

5

3

7

2

34

Breach of order

6

7

7

4

3

5

32

Slavery and Trafficking

2

5

6

10

1

3

27

Unspecified or breach offence

28

11

17

37

29

18

140

Not recorded

11

26

4

2

2

3

48

Total

1,399

1,347

1,253

1,099

774

930

6,802

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