Sentencing: Appeals
(asked on 8th June 2015) - View Source
Question to the Attorney General:
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.
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.