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date less than 2015-06-23more like thismore than 2015-06-23
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Attorney General more like this
answering dept id 88 more like this
answering dept short name Attorney General more like this
answering dept sort name Attorney General remove filter
hansard heading Sentencing: Appeals remove filter
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pref label House of Commons more like this
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. more like this
tabling member constituency Shipley more like this
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Philip Davies more like this
uin 3784 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-06-30more like thismore than 2015-06-30
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 more like this
answering member printed Robert Buckland remove filter
grouped question UIN 3681 more like this
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less than 2015-06-30T15:17:50.217Zmore like thismore than 2015-06-30T15:17:50.217Z
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label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland more like this
tabling member
1565
label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies more like this