Court of Appeal

Jeremy Corbyn
To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice what discussions have been held with the Criminal Cases Review Commission on its judgment of the likely success rate of references to the court of appeal; how many cases were reviewed in each of the last five years; and how many were referred to the Court of Appeal.

Mr. Sutcliffe
The rate of convictions quashed by the Court of Appeal following referral from the Criminal Cases Review Commission is around 70 per cent. We understand that the Court of Appeal regard this rate as broadly satisfactory and we have noted that position in discussions with the Commission. The answer to the second part of the question is contained in the following table.

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|31 March to 1 April each year|Number of cases completed|Number of cases referred|
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|2002-03                      |1,012                    |38                      |
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|2003-04                      |931                      |35                      |
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|2004-05                      |825                      |45                      |
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|2005-06                      |1,012                    |47                      |
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|2006-07                      |968                      |38                      |
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