Appeals

(asked on 25th March 2021) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for permission to appeal have been made in each of the last 10 years (a) within and (b) outside the 28 day time limit.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 19th April 2021

The information requested by The Hon. Member can be found in the table below.

Applications for permission to appeal a conviction*

Applications for permission to appeal a sentence only

Outside 28 days

Within 28 days

Total

Outside 28 days

Within 28 days

Total

2011

822

729

1,551

1,428

3,814

5,242

2012

894

804

1,698

1,408

3,873

5,281

2013

863

684

1,547

1,220

3,445

4,665

2014

746

678

1,424

1,227

3,115

4,342

2015

869

646

1,515

1,164

2,889

4,053

2016

828

542

1,370

1,188

2,803

3,991

2017

708

593

1,301

1,055

2,871

3,926

2018

633

594

1,227

861

2,892

3,753

2019

639

445

1,084

905

2,452

3,357

2020

542

213

755

739

1,593

2,332

Total

7,544

5,928

13,472

11,195

29,747

40,942

* includes appeals against Conviction and Sentence

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