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348893

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many cases were referred to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentences scheme in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	1396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>The number of offenders referred to the Court of Appeal in 2013 and 2014 are set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offenders referred to the Court of Appeal</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>128</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offenders whose sentences were unduly lenient</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offenders whose sentence was increased</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>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:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/attorney-generals-office" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/attorney-generals-office</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 1397 question first answered 15/06/2015 12:15:55 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

348894

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	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.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	1397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>The number of offenders referred to the Court of Appeal in 2013 and 2014 are set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offenders referred to the Court of Appeal</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>128</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offenders whose sentences were unduly lenient</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offenders whose sentence was increased</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>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:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/attorney-generals-office" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/attorney-generals-office</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 1396 question first answered 15/06/2015 12:15:55 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

384836

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many appeals for each category of offence were referred to him by (a) victims or the families of victims, (b) the police, (c) the Crown Prosecution Service, (d) other members of the public and (e) a combination of those people in each of the last three years; and what proportion of each type of referral resulted in a successful appeal.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	3681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is contained in the following tables.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Offence category</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Number of sentences referred to AG</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Successful referral (%)</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Out of time (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Victim</p></td><td><p>Prosecutor</p></td><td><p>Public</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arson</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Driving deaths</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drugs</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Firearms</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Homicide</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sex</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>198</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Offence category</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Number of sentences referred to AG</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Successful referral (%)</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Out of time (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Victim</p></td><td><p>Prosecutor</p></td><td><p>Public</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arson</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Driving deaths</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drugs</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Firearms</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Homicide</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sex</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>286</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Offence category</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Number of sentences referred to AG</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Successful referral (%)</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Out of time (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Victim</p></td><td><p>Prosecutor</p></td><td><p>Public</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arson</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Driving deaths</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drugs</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Firearms</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Homicide</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sex</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>378</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Explanatory notes:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>It only requires a single complaint against a sentence to trigger the unduly lenient sentence referral process. Whilst the Attorney General’s Office may receive multiple complaints against a particular sentence, only the source of the first complaint received is recorded. </em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>The police direct their complaints about sentence through the CPS.</em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>A “successful referral” is defined as a referral where the Court of Appeal grants leave to appeal.</em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>“Prosecutor” includes complaints originating from the CPS, SFO, SPA and Local Authorities.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 3784 question first answered 30/06/2015 15:17:50 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

384837

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of appeals against unduly lenient sentences were rejected for being out of time in respect of each category of offence in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	3784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is contained in the following tables.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Offence category</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Number of sentences referred to AG</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Successful referral (%)</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Out of time (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Victim</p></td><td><p>Prosecutor</p></td><td><p>Public</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arson</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Driving deaths</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drugs</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Firearms</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Homicide</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sex</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>198</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Offence category</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Number of sentences referred to AG</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Successful referral (%)</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Out of time (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Victim</p></td><td><p>Prosecutor</p></td><td><p>Public</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arson</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Driving deaths</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drugs</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Firearms</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Homicide</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sex</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>286</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Offence category</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Number of sentences referred to AG</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Successful referral (%)</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Out of time (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Victim</p></td><td><p>Prosecutor</p></td><td><p>Public</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arson</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Driving deaths</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drugs</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Firearms</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Homicide</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sex</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>378</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Explanatory notes:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>It only requires a single complaint against a sentence to trigger the unduly lenient sentence referral process. Whilst the Attorney General’s Office may receive multiple complaints against a particular sentence, only the source of the first complaint received is recorded. </em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>The police direct their complaints about sentence through the CPS.</em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>A “successful referral” is defined as a referral where the Court of Appeal grants leave to appeal.</em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>“Prosecutor” includes complaints originating from the CPS, SFO, SPA and Local Authorities.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 3681 question first answered 30/06/2015 15:17:50 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

387146

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, On how many occasions the Law Officers have referred a criminal sentence to the Court of Appeal for review because it was felt to be unduly lenient in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Havant
	tabling member printed	Mr Alan Mak
	uin	900710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>In the year to 31<sup>st </sup>December 2014, the Law Officers personally considered 469 cases and referred 128 offenders to the Court of Appeal under the unduly lenient sentence scheme. Leave was granted by the Court in 95% of cases which included some of the most serious violent and sexual offences, including murder, rape and sexual assault.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 02/07/2015 12:07:01 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak

539479

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the Law Officers referred a criminal sentence to the Court for Appeal for review on the grounds that it was unduly harsh in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	43056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>Whilst the Attorney General’s Office can ask the Court of Appeal to review a sentence which is considered to be unduly lenient, the Law Officers have no power to intervene when a sentence is too harsh. Therefore there have been no referrals to the Court of Appeal on the grounds that a sentence was unduly harsh.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 25/07/2016 10:43:25 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

583065

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether there are plans to review the nature and type of offences that are capable of referral to the Court of Appeal on the grounds of leniency of sentencing.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	46370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government has committed to extending the scope of the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme and is carefully considering its approach.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 10/10/2016 13:31:25 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

600536

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether he has any plans to review the categories of offences which are capable of referral to the Court of Appeal on the grounds of leniency.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	48243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government has committed to extending the scope of the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme and is carefully considering how best to do that. As a first step towards meeting that commitment, the Home Secretary has announced that the scheme would be extended to cover all terrorism cases heard in the Crown Court.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 17/10/2016 14:21:40 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts