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1490709

registered interest
date	19/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Supreme Court judgement of 18 February 2016 in R v Jogee [2016] UKSC 8; and if he will consider the potential merits of reviewing the operation of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995 in relation to joint enterprise convictions and the right to appeal.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	39763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to specifically review the operation of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995 for joint enterprise convictions.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 05/09/2022 10:23:19 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1417462

registered interest
date	27/01/2022
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, when her Department plans to update the register of the outcome of cases reviewed under the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme with her decisions in relation to the cases listed under unique reference numbers 672, 785, 803 and 811.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	113071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>The decisions on these cases will be published in the next round of updates.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 01/02/2022 09:11:58 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1401586

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
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, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2021 to Question 98226 on Public Sector: Misconduct, why the Solicitor General's decision was not included in her Department's updates on the outcome of unduly lenient sentence referrals published on (a) 29 December, (b) 4 January and (c) 5 January 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	100469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2022 answer text <p>There is no legal obligation to publish updates on the outcome of unduly lenient sentence referrals. The updates prepared by officials are checked manually and it is not always possible to meet the Attorney General’s aspiration for weekly editions, especially over the Christmas and New Year period. The Department does not hold information on the average length of time for updates</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 100470 question first answered 13/01/2022 09:14:22 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1401587

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
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, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2021 to Question 98226 on Public Sector: Misconduct, what the average length of time is for decisions made on unduly lenient sentence referrals to be included in the regular updates of referral outcomes published by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	100470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2022 answer text <p>There is no legal obligation to publish updates on the outcome of unduly lenient sentence referrals. The updates prepared by officials are checked manually and it is not always possible to meet the Attorney General’s aspiration for weekly editions, especially over the Christmas and New Year period. The Department does not hold information on the average length of time for updates</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 100469 question first answered 13/01/2022 09:14:24 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1342685

registered interest
date	01/07/2021
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	What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the referral process for members of the public and victims to request review of sentences under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Jonathan Gullis
uin	902040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2021 answer text <p>It is important that the ULS scheme is easy to operate. That is why there is no requirement to be connected to the case, and no particular form in order to make a reference.</p><p>The revised Victims’ Code, which came into force earlier this year, contains for the first time the entitlement of victims to be informed about the scheme. This ensures that victims know about the scheme, promptly after sentence and so referrals can be made within the time limit.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 01/07/2021 16:10:17 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis

1312007

registered interest
date	26/04/2021
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 victims contacted the CPS to make a referral under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme in the most recent time period for which figures are available; whether his Department holds data on the number of referrals by type of offence in the relevant cases; and how many of those referrals resulted in a change to the sentence length of the offender.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	187283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>Requests for referral under the Unduly Lenient Sentence (ULS) Scheme are made to the Attorney General’s Office (AGO). Many victims contact the AGO directly and do not go to the CPS, and therefore the CPS do not hold all relevant data. All requests made via the CPS are reflected in the AGO statistics.</p><p>The AGO received 787 requests to review sentences under the ULS in 2020 and 144 requests were from victims and family members of victims. Of those 84 were eligible for review within the scheme and 14 of those were referred to the Court of Appeal. The data held by the AGO shows of the 14 cases referred: 4 were homicide cases, 8 were non-fatal offences against the person and 2 cases were categorised as rape and sexual offences. The Court of Appeal increased the sentence in 9 of those cases.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/04/2021 09:23:36 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1311838

registered interest
date	23/04/2021
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 victims that contacted the CPS to make a unduly lenient sentence referral had that referral rejected for being outside the 28 day time limit from the point of sentencing.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	186192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>Unfortunately, the CPS does not hold this information. The 28-day statutory time limit is absolute; the statute provides no power to extend or to apply for leave to refer sentences to the Court of Appeal out of time. I very much welcome the introduction of the new Victim’s Code which was introduced on 1 April 2021 and which places an obligation on Witness Care Officers to notify victims about the unduly lenient sentence scheme.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/04/2021 08:19:59 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1281659

registered interest
date	28/01/2021
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, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the unduly lenient sentence scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Lee Anderson
uin	145155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2021 answer text <p>The Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme is a vital safeguard in our criminal justice system. It permits the Law Officers to intervene personally in a case where a sentencing judge has fallen into gross error and imposed a sentence which is outside the reasonable range.</p><p> </p><p>Sentencing judges get it right in the vast majority of cases. In those rare cases where they get it wrong, the scheme ensures that justice is served.</p><p> </p><p>I recently argued in person before the Court of Appeal that the dangerous and depraved serial rapists Joseph McCann and Reynhard Sinaga should have received whole life sentences. The Court of Appeal did not impose whole life sentences, but it did increase their minimum terms from 30 to 40 years to properly reflect the truly heinous nature of their offending and protect the public from them.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 02/02/2021 09:26:54 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4743 label Biography information for Lee Anderson

1280732

registered interest
date	26/01/2021
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, with reference to the Victims Commissioner's annual report 2019/20, what steps the Attorney General is taking with the Lord Chancellor to promote the changes to the review into the unduly lenient scheme to ensure victims are aware of their right to request a challenge.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	143868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2021 answer text <p>The Law Officers promote the unduly lenient sentence scheme and its extension, including in Parliament and on social media.</p><p>The AGO has also worked with the Ministry of Justice to take steps to raise awareness of the scheme as part of the revised statutory Code of Practice for Victims of Crime, which was published in November 2020 following consultation. The revised Code will come into force on 1 April, and now includes a requirement for the Witness Care Unit to inform victims of the unduly lenient sentence scheme promptly once sentencing has taken place. This will help to improve awareness of the scheme and also understanding of when cases may be eligible.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 02/02/2021 09:09:37 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1251455

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
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 times the Unduly Lenient Sentencing Scheme has been used in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	114899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2020 answer text <p>The Law Officers referred a sentence imposed on an offender to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme on 136 occasions in 2015, 190 in 2016, 173 in 2017, 140 in 2018 and 93 in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 20/11/2020 09:20:13 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion