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<p>The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) receives requests to refer sentences under
the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme to the Court of Appeal and publishes annual reports
on the outcomes of the requests which it refers.</p><p>The annual report for 2023
has not yet been published. The latest annual report, for the year 2022, was published
on 17 October 2023 (see <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/unduly-lenient-sentence-annual-case-outcomes-data"
target="_blank">Unduly lenient sentence annual case outcomes data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>).</p><p>The
AGO also releases weekly statistics of requests to refer sentences. Weekly statistics
for 2023, including requests to refer sentences for offences involving paedophilia
(such as indecent images of a child, rape of a child under 13, and sexual assault
of a child under 13) can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/outcome-of-unduly-lenient-sentence-referrals"
target="_blank">Outcome of unduly lenient sentence referrals - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p>
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