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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-04-23more like thismore than 2021-04-23
answering body
Attorney General more like this
answering dept id 88 remove filter
answering dept short name Attorney General more like this
answering dept sort name Attorney General more like this
hansard heading Sentencing: Appeals more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
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. remove filter
tabling member constituency Hove more like this
tabling member printed
Peter Kyle more like this
uin 186192 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-04-28more like thismore than 2021-04-28
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> more like this
answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire more like this
answering member printed Lucy Frazer more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-04-28T08:19:59.527Zmore like thismore than 2021-04-28T08:19:59.527Z
answering member
4517
label Biography information for Lucy Frazer more like this
tabling member
4505
label Biography information for Peter Kyle remove filter