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1717022

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date	09/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Cases Review Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government in each of the last five years (1) how many applications have been made to the Criminal Cases Review Commission, (2) in how many cases a review has been completed and a decision been made and, (3) what is the average length of time that the Commission has taken to examine and complete a review.
tabling member printed	Lord Northbrook
uin	HL4528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Information on the number of cases received and completed, and the average duration of a review, is available on the Criminal Cases Review Commission’s (CCRC) website and in their annual report. The table below provides data for the last five complete business years:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Applications Received</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cases Completed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Duration of a Review (from allocation to initial decision)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>1334</p></td><td><p>1453</p></td><td><p>31.7 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>1142</p></td><td><p>1109</p></td><td><p>35.1 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>1198</p></td><td><p>1183</p></td><td><p>34.4 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>1424</p></td><td><p>1275</p></td><td><p>38.7 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023-24</p></td><td><p>1629</p></td><td><p>1441</p></td><td><p>35.1 weeks</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The average number of Case Review Managers over the past five years is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending 31 March</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Case Review Manager Average Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 – 2020</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020 – 2021</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021 – 2022</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022 – 2023</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023 - 2024</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Section three of the CCRC’s published Case Review Process policy (<a href="https://cloud-platform-e218f50a4812967ba1215eaecede923f.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/sites/5/2023/12/CW-POL-04-Case-Review-Process-v3.0.pdf" target="_blank">CW-POL-04-Case-Review-Process-v3.0.pdf (cloud-platform-e218f50a4812967ba1215eaecede923f.s3.amazonaws.com)</a>) outlines that cases are generally allocated in date order of receipt. However, there are several exceptional factors which determine the degree of priority once a case is under review. These assessments are fluid and relative to the needs of other cases. There are several factors for a case to be given higher priority, these include old age (75 years or older) and/or ill health, supported by medical evidence, where there is concern that the applicant may die before the case is dealt with. In addition, evidence that the applicant’s serious ill health (or that of any close family member of the applicant) is directly and significantly aggravated by any delay will also result in the case being given higher priority. The full list of factors for a case to be given a higher priority can be found in the Case Review Process policy.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL4529 HL4530 question first answered 23/05/2024 15:57:27 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	3191 label Biography information for Lord Northbrook

1717023

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Cases Review Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many case review managers have been employed by the Criminal Cases Review Commission during each of the past five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Northbrook
uin	HL4529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Information on the number of cases received and completed, and the average duration of a review, is available on the Criminal Cases Review Commission’s (CCRC) website and in their annual report. The table below provides data for the last five complete business years:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Applications Received</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cases Completed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Duration of a Review (from allocation to initial decision)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>1334</p></td><td><p>1453</p></td><td><p>31.7 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>1142</p></td><td><p>1109</p></td><td><p>35.1 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>1198</p></td><td><p>1183</p></td><td><p>34.4 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>1424</p></td><td><p>1275</p></td><td><p>38.7 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023-24</p></td><td><p>1629</p></td><td><p>1441</p></td><td><p>35.1 weeks</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The average number of Case Review Managers over the past five years is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending 31 March</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Case Review Manager Average Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 – 2020</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020 – 2021</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021 – 2022</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022 – 2023</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023 - 2024</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Section three of the CCRC’s published Case Review Process policy (<a href="https://cloud-platform-e218f50a4812967ba1215eaecede923f.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/sites/5/2023/12/CW-POL-04-Case-Review-Process-v3.0.pdf" target="_blank">CW-POL-04-Case-Review-Process-v3.0.pdf (cloud-platform-e218f50a4812967ba1215eaecede923f.s3.amazonaws.com)</a>) outlines that cases are generally allocated in date order of receipt. However, there are several exceptional factors which determine the degree of priority once a case is under review. These assessments are fluid and relative to the needs of other cases. There are several factors for a case to be given higher priority, these include old age (75 years or older) and/or ill health, supported by medical evidence, where there is concern that the applicant may die before the case is dealt with. In addition, evidence that the applicant’s serious ill health (or that of any close family member of the applicant) is directly and significantly aggravated by any delay will also result in the case being given higher priority. The full list of factors for a case to be given a higher priority can be found in the Case Review Process policy.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL4528 HL4530 question first answered 23/05/2024 15:57:27 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	3191 label Biography information for Lord Northbrook

1717024

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Cases Review Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what procedure, if any, exists within the Criminal Cases Review Commission for ensuring priority is given to those cases where an applicant has a limited life expectancy, due to age or infirmity.
tabling member printed	Lord Northbrook
uin	HL4530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Information on the number of cases received and completed, and the average duration of a review, is available on the Criminal Cases Review Commission’s (CCRC) website and in their annual report. The table below provides data for the last five complete business years:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Applications Received</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cases Completed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Duration of a Review (from allocation to initial decision)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>1334</p></td><td><p>1453</p></td><td><p>31.7 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>1142</p></td><td><p>1109</p></td><td><p>35.1 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>1198</p></td><td><p>1183</p></td><td><p>34.4 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>1424</p></td><td><p>1275</p></td><td><p>38.7 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023-24</p></td><td><p>1629</p></td><td><p>1441</p></td><td><p>35.1 weeks</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The average number of Case Review Managers over the past five years is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending 31 March</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Case Review Manager Average Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 – 2020</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020 – 2021</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021 – 2022</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022 – 2023</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023 - 2024</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Section three of the CCRC’s published Case Review Process policy (<a href="https://cloud-platform-e218f50a4812967ba1215eaecede923f.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/sites/5/2023/12/CW-POL-04-Case-Review-Process-v3.0.pdf" target="_blank">CW-POL-04-Case-Review-Process-v3.0.pdf (cloud-platform-e218f50a4812967ba1215eaecede923f.s3.amazonaws.com)</a>) outlines that cases are generally allocated in date order of receipt. However, there are several exceptional factors which determine the degree of priority once a case is under review. These assessments are fluid and relative to the needs of other cases. There are several factors for a case to be given higher priority, these include old age (75 years or older) and/or ill health, supported by medical evidence, where there is concern that the applicant may die before the case is dealt with. In addition, evidence that the applicant’s serious ill health (or that of any close family member of the applicant) is directly and significantly aggravated by any delay will also result in the case being given higher priority. The full list of factors for a case to be given a higher priority can be found in the Case Review Process policy.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL4528 HL4529 question first answered 23/05/2024 15:57:27 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	3191 label Biography information for Lord Northbrook

1701966

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Cases Review Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of resources allocated to the Criminal Cases Review Commission.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Gloucester
uin	HL3881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>As part of the departmental allocation process, we assess the needs of individual organisations against the overarching backdrop of the wider departmental finances. The CCRC’s budget has increased year on year since 2020-21 both to increase the size of its caseworker team and to carry out more outreach work with people who may need their services. The budget for 2023/24 was set at just under £8 million, which is an increase of £1.26 million or 18% since 2021/22. Its 2024-25 allocation is under consideration.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 01/05/2024 16:49:24 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4540 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Gloucester

1677409

registered interest
date	12/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Cases Review Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of applications to the Criminal Cases Review Commission have been referred to the Court of Appeal, in each year since the Criminal Cases Review Commission was established.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
uin	6638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), funded by the Ministry of Justice, functions as an independent body, making decisions autonomously and without ministerial influence. Recognising the need to increase the size of its caseworker team and to carry out more outreach work with people who may need their services, the department has increased funding year on year of CCRC since 2020-21 with the budget for 2023-24 set at just under £8m.</p><p>In the period from 31/3/1997 to 30/11/2023, the CCRC completed a total of 30,082 reviews and they referred 829 cases to the appellate courts (Court of Appeal and Crown Court). A breakdown of CCRC data by year is provided in table 1.</p><p>The tracking of cases referred to the Court of Appeal based on a) new arguments, b) new evidence, and c) neither, has not been systematically recorded since the establishment of the CCRC in 1997. Case referrals are often a combination of both new evidence and other arguments, making it challenging for the CCRC to categorise cases exclusively into these specified criteria.</p><p>The number of referrals by the CCRC utilising the exceptional circumstances grounds outlined in section 13(2) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995 has not been systematically documented for each year by the CCRC since its establishment. However, the CCRC are in the process of constructing a public archive for its referrals, and it is their intention to make this data available to the public in the future. It is important to note that a portion of their referrals involves cases classified as 'no appeal,' where applicants have not exhausted the standard appeal process before approaching the CCRC. In such instances, reliance on the exceptional circumstances provision in section 13(2) becomes necessary.</p><p>The CCRC receive a significant number of no appeal cases, reapplications and ineligible cases. The final column in table 1 shows the referral rate as a percentage of the cases which pass the ‘triage’ stage and are allocated to a Case Review Manager for investigation.</p><p><strong>Table 1</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Referrals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Intake</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All Cases closed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Review Cases closed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Referral rate all closed cases</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Referral rate closed review cases only</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997/98</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>1328</p></td><td colspan="4" rowspan="10"><p><strong>CCRC system data not robust enough for reporting</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1998/99</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>1033</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999/00</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>775</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000/01</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>799</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001/02</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>834</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002/03</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>933</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003/04</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>884</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004/05</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>955</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>937</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>1051</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>984</p></td><td><p>1085</p></td><td><p>629</p></td><td><p>2.49%</p></td><td><p>4.29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>919</p></td><td><p>942</p></td><td><p>535</p></td><td><p>4.14%</p></td><td><p>7.29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>932</p></td><td><p>892</p></td><td><p>468</p></td><td><p>3.48%</p></td><td><p>6.62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>933</p></td><td><p>947</p></td><td><p>533</p></td><td><p>2.32%</p></td><td><p>4.13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>1040</p></td><td><p>878</p></td><td><p>469</p></td><td><p>2.51%</p></td><td><p>4.69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>1625</p></td><td><p>1274</p></td><td><p>560</p></td><td><p>1.65%</p></td><td><p>3.75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>1470</p></td><td><p>1131</p></td><td><p>404</p></td><td><p>2.74%</p></td><td><p>7.67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>1599</p></td><td><p>1632</p></td><td><p>758</p></td><td><p>2.21%</p></td><td><p>4.75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>1480</p></td><td><p>1797</p></td><td><p>1085</p></td><td><p>1.84%</p></td><td><p>3.04%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>1397</p></td><td><p>1563</p></td><td><p>918</p></td><td><p>0.77%</p></td><td><p>1.31%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>1439</p></td><td><p>1538</p></td><td><p>904</p></td><td><p>1.24%</p></td><td><p>2.10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>1371</p></td><td><p>1449</p></td><td><p>773</p></td><td><p>0.90%</p></td><td><p>1.68%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>1334</p></td><td><p>1453</p></td><td><p>745</p></td><td><p>2.00%</p></td><td><p>3.89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>1142</p></td><td><p>1109</p></td><td><p>566</p></td><td><p>6.31%</p></td><td><p>12.37%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>1198</p></td><td><p>1183</p></td><td><p>546</p></td><td><p>2.20%</p></td><td><p>4.76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>1424</p></td><td><p>1275</p></td><td><p>573</p></td><td><p>1.96%</p></td><td><p>4.36%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023/24 YTD</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>1071</p></td><td><p>983</p></td><td><p>399</p></td><td><p>1.63%</p></td><td><p>4.01%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Work on the creation of the public archive is not complete, but the CCRC anticipate it to be approximately 125 referrals that have involved police misconduct. The CCRC do not have a breakdown on the split between corruption cases and other conduct issues, such as breaches of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, which governs the powers and procedures of the police in the investigation of criminal offenses.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris grouped question UIN 6639 6640 6641 6642 question first answered 20/12/2023 09:28:05 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley

1677410

registered interest
date	12/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Cases Review Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of cases referred to the Court of Appeal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission have involved (a) new arguments, (b) new evidence and (c) neither in each year since the Criminal Cases Review Commission was established.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
uin	6639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), funded by the Ministry of Justice, functions as an independent body, making decisions autonomously and without ministerial influence. Recognising the need to increase the size of its caseworker team and to carry out more outreach work with people who may need their services, the department has increased funding year on year of CCRC since 2020-21 with the budget for 2023-24 set at just under £8m.</p><p>In the period from 31/3/1997 to 30/11/2023, the CCRC completed a total of 30,082 reviews and they referred 829 cases to the appellate courts (Court of Appeal and Crown Court). A breakdown of CCRC data by year is provided in table 1.</p><p>The tracking of cases referred to the Court of Appeal based on a) new arguments, b) new evidence, and c) neither, has not been systematically recorded since the establishment of the CCRC in 1997. Case referrals are often a combination of both new evidence and other arguments, making it challenging for the CCRC to categorise cases exclusively into these specified criteria.</p><p>The number of referrals by the CCRC utilising the exceptional circumstances grounds outlined in section 13(2) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995 has not been systematically documented for each year by the CCRC since its establishment. However, the CCRC are in the process of constructing a public archive for its referrals, and it is their intention to make this data available to the public in the future. It is important to note that a portion of their referrals involves cases classified as 'no appeal,' where applicants have not exhausted the standard appeal process before approaching the CCRC. In such instances, reliance on the exceptional circumstances provision in section 13(2) becomes necessary.</p><p>The CCRC receive a significant number of no appeal cases, reapplications and ineligible cases. The final column in table 1 shows the referral rate as a percentage of the cases which pass the ‘triage’ stage and are allocated to a Case Review Manager for investigation.</p><p><strong>Table 1</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Referrals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Intake</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All Cases closed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Review Cases closed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Referral rate all closed cases</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Referral rate closed review cases only</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997/98</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>1328</p></td><td colspan="4" rowspan="10"><p><strong>CCRC system data not robust enough for reporting</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1998/99</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>1033</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999/00</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>775</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000/01</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>799</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001/02</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>834</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002/03</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>933</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003/04</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>884</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004/05</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>955</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>937</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>1051</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>984</p></td><td><p>1085</p></td><td><p>629</p></td><td><p>2.49%</p></td><td><p>4.29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>919</p></td><td><p>942</p></td><td><p>535</p></td><td><p>4.14%</p></td><td><p>7.29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>932</p></td><td><p>892</p></td><td><p>468</p></td><td><p>3.48%</p></td><td><p>6.62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>933</p></td><td><p>947</p></td><td><p>533</p></td><td><p>2.32%</p></td><td><p>4.13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>1040</p></td><td><p>878</p></td><td><p>469</p></td><td><p>2.51%</p></td><td><p>4.69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>1625</p></td><td><p>1274</p></td><td><p>560</p></td><td><p>1.65%</p></td><td><p>3.75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>1470</p></td><td><p>1131</p></td><td><p>404</p></td><td><p>2.74%</p></td><td><p>7.67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>1599</p></td><td><p>1632</p></td><td><p>758</p></td><td><p>2.21%</p></td><td><p>4.75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>1480</p></td><td><p>1797</p></td><td><p>1085</p></td><td><p>1.84%</p></td><td><p>3.04%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>1397</p></td><td><p>1563</p></td><td><p>918</p></td><td><p>0.77%</p></td><td><p>1.31%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>1439</p></td><td><p>1538</p></td><td><p>904</p></td><td><p>1.24%</p></td><td><p>2.10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>1371</p></td><td><p>1449</p></td><td><p>773</p></td><td><p>0.90%</p></td><td><p>1.68%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>1334</p></td><td><p>1453</p></td><td><p>745</p></td><td><p>2.00%</p></td><td><p>3.89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>1142</p></td><td><p>1109</p></td><td><p>566</p></td><td><p>6.31%</p></td><td><p>12.37%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>1198</p></td><td><p>1183</p></td><td><p>546</p></td><td><p>2.20%</p></td><td><p>4.76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>1424</p></td><td><p>1275</p></td><td><p>573</p></td><td><p>1.96%</p></td><td><p>4.36%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023/24 YTD</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>1071</p></td><td><p>983</p></td><td><p>399</p></td><td><p>1.63%</p></td><td><p>4.01%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Work on the creation of the public archive is not complete, but the CCRC anticipate it to be approximately 125 referrals that have involved police misconduct. The CCRC do not have a breakdown on the split between corruption cases and other conduct issues, such as breaches of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, which governs the powers and procedures of the police in the investigation of criminal offenses.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris grouped question UIN 6638 6640 6641 6642 question first answered 20/12/2023 09:28:05 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley

1677411

registered interest
date	12/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Cases Review Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many referrals by the Criminal Cases Review Commission have (a) solely and (b) in part utilised the exceptional circumstances grounds provided for in section 13 (2) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995 in each year since the Criminal Cases Review Commission was established.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
uin	6640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), funded by the Ministry of Justice, functions as an independent body, making decisions autonomously and without ministerial influence. Recognising the need to increase the size of its caseworker team and to carry out more outreach work with people who may need their services, the department has increased funding year on year of CCRC since 2020-21 with the budget for 2023-24 set at just under £8m.</p><p>In the period from 31/3/1997 to 30/11/2023, the CCRC completed a total of 30,082 reviews and they referred 829 cases to the appellate courts (Court of Appeal and Crown Court). A breakdown of CCRC data by year is provided in table 1.</p><p>The tracking of cases referred to the Court of Appeal based on a) new arguments, b) new evidence, and c) neither, has not been systematically recorded since the establishment of the CCRC in 1997. Case referrals are often a combination of both new evidence and other arguments, making it challenging for the CCRC to categorise cases exclusively into these specified criteria.</p><p>The number of referrals by the CCRC utilising the exceptional circumstances grounds outlined in section 13(2) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995 has not been systematically documented for each year by the CCRC since its establishment. However, the CCRC are in the process of constructing a public archive for its referrals, and it is their intention to make this data available to the public in the future. It is important to note that a portion of their referrals involves cases classified as 'no appeal,' where applicants have not exhausted the standard appeal process before approaching the CCRC. In such instances, reliance on the exceptional circumstances provision in section 13(2) becomes necessary.</p><p>The CCRC receive a significant number of no appeal cases, reapplications and ineligible cases. The final column in table 1 shows the referral rate as a percentage of the cases which pass the ‘triage’ stage and are allocated to a Case Review Manager for investigation.</p><p><strong>Table 1</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Referrals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Intake</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All Cases closed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Review Cases closed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Referral rate all closed cases</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Referral rate closed review cases only</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997/98</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>1328</p></td><td colspan="4" rowspan="10"><p><strong>CCRC system data not robust enough for reporting</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1998/99</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>1033</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999/00</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>775</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000/01</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>799</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001/02</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>834</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002/03</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>933</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003/04</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>884</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004/05</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>955</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>937</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>1051</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>984</p></td><td><p>1085</p></td><td><p>629</p></td><td><p>2.49%</p></td><td><p>4.29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>919</p></td><td><p>942</p></td><td><p>535</p></td><td><p>4.14%</p></td><td><p>7.29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>932</p></td><td><p>892</p></td><td><p>468</p></td><td><p>3.48%</p></td><td><p>6.62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>933</p></td><td><p>947</p></td><td><p>533</p></td><td><p>2.32%</p></td><td><p>4.13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>1040</p></td><td><p>878</p></td><td><p>469</p></td><td><p>2.51%</p></td><td><p>4.69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>1625</p></td><td><p>1274</p></td><td><p>560</p></td><td><p>1.65%</p></td><td><p>3.75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>1470</p></td><td><p>1131</p></td><td><p>404</p></td><td><p>2.74%</p></td><td><p>7.67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>1599</p></td><td><p>1632</p></td><td><p>758</p></td><td><p>2.21%</p></td><td><p>4.75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>1480</p></td><td><p>1797</p></td><td><p>1085</p></td><td><p>1.84%</p></td><td><p>3.04%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>1397</p></td><td><p>1563</p></td><td><p>918</p></td><td><p>0.77%</p></td><td><p>1.31%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>1439</p></td><td><p>1538</p></td><td><p>904</p></td><td><p>1.24%</p></td><td><p>2.10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>1371</p></td><td><p>1449</p></td><td><p>773</p></td><td><p>0.90%</p></td><td><p>1.68%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>1334</p></td><td><p>1453</p></td><td><p>745</p></td><td><p>2.00%</p></td><td><p>3.89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>1142</p></td><td><p>1109</p></td><td><p>566</p></td><td><p>6.31%</p></td><td><p>12.37%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>1198</p></td><td><p>1183</p></td><td><p>546</p></td><td><p>2.20%</p></td><td><p>4.76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>1424</p></td><td><p>1275</p></td><td><p>573</p></td><td><p>1.96%</p></td><td><p>4.36%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023/24 YTD</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>1071</p></td><td><p>983</p></td><td><p>399</p></td><td><p>1.63%</p></td><td><p>4.01%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Work on the creation of the public archive is not complete, but the CCRC anticipate it to be approximately 125 referrals that have involved police misconduct. The CCRC do not have a breakdown on the split between corruption cases and other conduct issues, such as breaches of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, which governs the powers and procedures of the police in the investigation of criminal offenses.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris grouped question UIN 6638 6639 6641 6642 question first answered 20/12/2023 09:28:05 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley

1677412

registered interest
date	12/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Cases Review Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what has been the average referral rate for the Criminal Cases Review Commission in each year since it was established.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
uin	6641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), funded by the Ministry of Justice, functions as an independent body, making decisions autonomously and without ministerial influence. Recognising the need to increase the size of its caseworker team and to carry out more outreach work with people who may need their services, the department has increased funding year on year of CCRC since 2020-21 with the budget for 2023-24 set at just under £8m.</p><p>In the period from 31/3/1997 to 30/11/2023, the CCRC completed a total of 30,082 reviews and they referred 829 cases to the appellate courts (Court of Appeal and Crown Court). A breakdown of CCRC data by year is provided in table 1.</p><p>The tracking of cases referred to the Court of Appeal based on a) new arguments, b) new evidence, and c) neither, has not been systematically recorded since the establishment of the CCRC in 1997. Case referrals are often a combination of both new evidence and other arguments, making it challenging for the CCRC to categorise cases exclusively into these specified criteria.</p><p>The number of referrals by the CCRC utilising the exceptional circumstances grounds outlined in section 13(2) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995 has not been systematically documented for each year by the CCRC since its establishment. However, the CCRC are in the process of constructing a public archive for its referrals, and it is their intention to make this data available to the public in the future. It is important to note that a portion of their referrals involves cases classified as 'no appeal,' where applicants have not exhausted the standard appeal process before approaching the CCRC. In such instances, reliance on the exceptional circumstances provision in section 13(2) becomes necessary.</p><p>The CCRC receive a significant number of no appeal cases, reapplications and ineligible cases. The final column in table 1 shows the referral rate as a percentage of the cases which pass the ‘triage’ stage and are allocated to a Case Review Manager for investigation.</p><p><strong>Table 1</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Referrals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Intake</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All Cases closed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Review Cases closed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Referral rate all closed cases</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Referral rate closed review cases only</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997/98</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>1328</p></td><td colspan="4" rowspan="10"><p><strong>CCRC system data not robust enough for reporting</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1998/99</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>1033</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999/00</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>775</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000/01</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>799</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001/02</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>834</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002/03</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>933</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003/04</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>884</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004/05</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>955</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>937</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>1051</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>984</p></td><td><p>1085</p></td><td><p>629</p></td><td><p>2.49%</p></td><td><p>4.29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>919</p></td><td><p>942</p></td><td><p>535</p></td><td><p>4.14%</p></td><td><p>7.29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>932</p></td><td><p>892</p></td><td><p>468</p></td><td><p>3.48%</p></td><td><p>6.62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>933</p></td><td><p>947</p></td><td><p>533</p></td><td><p>2.32%</p></td><td><p>4.13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>1040</p></td><td><p>878</p></td><td><p>469</p></td><td><p>2.51%</p></td><td><p>4.69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>1625</p></td><td><p>1274</p></td><td><p>560</p></td><td><p>1.65%</p></td><td><p>3.75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>1470</p></td><td><p>1131</p></td><td><p>404</p></td><td><p>2.74%</p></td><td><p>7.67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>1599</p></td><td><p>1632</p></td><td><p>758</p></td><td><p>2.21%</p></td><td><p>4.75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>1480</p></td><td><p>1797</p></td><td><p>1085</p></td><td><p>1.84%</p></td><td><p>3.04%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>1397</p></td><td><p>1563</p></td><td><p>918</p></td><td><p>0.77%</p></td><td><p>1.31%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>1439</p></td><td><p>1538</p></td><td><p>904</p></td><td><p>1.24%</p></td><td><p>2.10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>1371</p></td><td><p>1449</p></td><td><p>773</p></td><td><p>0.90%</p></td><td><p>1.68%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>1334</p></td><td><p>1453</p></td><td><p>745</p></td><td><p>2.00%</p></td><td><p>3.89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>1142</p></td><td><p>1109</p></td><td><p>566</p></td><td><p>6.31%</p></td><td><p>12.37%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>1198</p></td><td><p>1183</p></td><td><p>546</p></td><td><p>2.20%</p></td><td><p>4.76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>1424</p></td><td><p>1275</p></td><td><p>573</p></td><td><p>1.96%</p></td><td><p>4.36%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023/24 YTD</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>1071</p></td><td><p>983</p></td><td><p>399</p></td><td><p>1.63%</p></td><td><p>4.01%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Work on the creation of the public archive is not complete, but the CCRC anticipate it to be approximately 125 referrals that have involved police misconduct. The CCRC do not have a breakdown on the split between corruption cases and other conduct issues, such as breaches of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, which governs the powers and procedures of the police in the investigation of criminal offenses.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris grouped question UIN 6638 6639 6640 6642 question first answered 20/12/2023 09:28:05 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley

1677413

registered interest
date	12/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Cases Review Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases has the Criminal Cases Review Commission referred to the Court of Appeal following an investigation that has revealed police (a) corruption and (b) malpractice in each year since the Criminal Cases Review Commission was established.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
uin	6642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), funded by the Ministry of Justice, functions as an independent body, making decisions autonomously and without ministerial influence. Recognising the need to increase the size of its caseworker team and to carry out more outreach work with people who may need their services, the department has increased funding year on year of CCRC since 2020-21 with the budget for 2023-24 set at just under £8m.</p><p>In the period from 31/3/1997 to 30/11/2023, the CCRC completed a total of 30,082 reviews and they referred 829 cases to the appellate courts (Court of Appeal and Crown Court). A breakdown of CCRC data by year is provided in table 1.</p><p>The tracking of cases referred to the Court of Appeal based on a) new arguments, b) new evidence, and c) neither, has not been systematically recorded since the establishment of the CCRC in 1997. Case referrals are often a combination of both new evidence and other arguments, making it challenging for the CCRC to categorise cases exclusively into these specified criteria.</p><p>The number of referrals by the CCRC utilising the exceptional circumstances grounds outlined in section 13(2) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995 has not been systematically documented for each year by the CCRC since its establishment. However, the CCRC are in the process of constructing a public archive for its referrals, and it is their intention to make this data available to the public in the future. It is important to note that a portion of their referrals involves cases classified as 'no appeal,' where applicants have not exhausted the standard appeal process before approaching the CCRC. In such instances, reliance on the exceptional circumstances provision in section 13(2) becomes necessary.</p><p>The CCRC receive a significant number of no appeal cases, reapplications and ineligible cases. The final column in table 1 shows the referral rate as a percentage of the cases which pass the ‘triage’ stage and are allocated to a Case Review Manager for investigation.</p><p><strong>Table 1</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Referrals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Intake</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All Cases closed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Review Cases closed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Referral rate all closed cases</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Referral rate closed review cases only</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997/98</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>1328</p></td><td colspan="4" rowspan="10"><p><strong>CCRC system data not robust enough for reporting</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1998/99</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>1033</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999/00</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>775</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000/01</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>799</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001/02</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>834</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002/03</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>933</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003/04</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>884</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004/05</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>955</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>937</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>1051</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>984</p></td><td><p>1085</p></td><td><p>629</p></td><td><p>2.49%</p></td><td><p>4.29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>919</p></td><td><p>942</p></td><td><p>535</p></td><td><p>4.14%</p></td><td><p>7.29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>932</p></td><td><p>892</p></td><td><p>468</p></td><td><p>3.48%</p></td><td><p>6.62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>933</p></td><td><p>947</p></td><td><p>533</p></td><td><p>2.32%</p></td><td><p>4.13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>1040</p></td><td><p>878</p></td><td><p>469</p></td><td><p>2.51%</p></td><td><p>4.69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>1625</p></td><td><p>1274</p></td><td><p>560</p></td><td><p>1.65%</p></td><td><p>3.75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>1470</p></td><td><p>1131</p></td><td><p>404</p></td><td><p>2.74%</p></td><td><p>7.67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>1599</p></td><td><p>1632</p></td><td><p>758</p></td><td><p>2.21%</p></td><td><p>4.75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>1480</p></td><td><p>1797</p></td><td><p>1085</p></td><td><p>1.84%</p></td><td><p>3.04%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>1397</p></td><td><p>1563</p></td><td><p>918</p></td><td><p>0.77%</p></td><td><p>1.31%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>1439</p></td><td><p>1538</p></td><td><p>904</p></td><td><p>1.24%</p></td><td><p>2.10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>1371</p></td><td><p>1449</p></td><td><p>773</p></td><td><p>0.90%</p></td><td><p>1.68%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>1334</p></td><td><p>1453</p></td><td><p>745</p></td><td><p>2.00%</p></td><td><p>3.89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>1142</p></td><td><p>1109</p></td><td><p>566</p></td><td><p>6.31%</p></td><td><p>12.37%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>1198</p></td><td><p>1183</p></td><td><p>546</p></td><td><p>2.20%</p></td><td><p>4.76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>1424</p></td><td><p>1275</p></td><td><p>573</p></td><td><p>1.96%</p></td><td><p>4.36%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023/24 YTD</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>1071</p></td><td><p>983</p></td><td><p>399</p></td><td><p>1.63%</p></td><td><p>4.01%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Work on the creation of the public archive is not complete, but the CCRC anticipate it to be approximately 125 referrals that have involved police misconduct. The CCRC do not have a breakdown on the split between corruption cases and other conduct issues, such as breaches of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, which governs the powers and procedures of the police in the investigation of criminal offenses.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris grouped question UIN 6638 6639 6640 6641 question first answered 20/12/2023 09:28:06 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley

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registered interest
date	12/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Cases Review Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government on what grounds the Criminal Cases Review Commission may refer cases to the Court of Appeal.
tabling member printed	Lord Woodley
uin	HL1130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2023 answer text <p>The Criminal Cases Review Commission, funded by the Ministry of Justice, functions as an independent body, making decisions autonomously and without ministerial influence.</p><p>Under Section 13 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995, the Court of Appeal may only quash a conviction where they consider it ‘unsafe’. The Criminal Cases Review Commission can only refer a case to the Court of Appeal, where it is satisfied there is a ‘real possibility’ that the conviction would be quashed as ‘unsafe’, or the sentence would be changed.</p><p>Existing legislation allows for cases to be referred by the CCRC in exceptional circumstances where there is no fresh evidence, fresh legal argument or where the person has not exhausted appeal routes. However, the CCRC still has to consider whether there is a real possibility that the Court of Appeal will consider it unsafe.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 21/12/2023 15:33:09 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4897 label Biography information for Lord Woodley