Gareth Johnson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Attorney General
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gareth Johnson on 2016-09-05.
To ask the Attorney General, what plans he has to extend the scope of the unduly lenient sentence scheme.
Jeremy Wright
The Government has committed to extending the scope of the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme and is carefully considering its approach.
The number of offenders who have had their sentence increased under the unduly lenient sentence scheme in each of the last five years is set out below.
|
Year |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
|
Offenders who have had their sentence increased by the Court of Appeal |
95 |
62 |
61 |
106 |
102 |
Some cases attract multiple referrals from various sources and we do not record how many referrals each case has received. The total number of cases where requests were received by the Attorney General’s Office for sentences to be reviewed in each of the last five years is set out below.
|
Year |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
|
Total number of referrals received by the Attorney General’s Office for sentences to be reviewed under the scheme |
377 |
435 |
498 |
674 |
713 |
The number of sentences referred to the Court of Appeal under the unduly lenient sentence scheme that were (a) increased and (b) kept the same in each of the last five years is set out below.
|
Year |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
|
Total number of sentences referred to the Court of Appeal |
117 |
82 |
70 |
122 |
136 |
|
Total number of sentences that were increased |
95 |
62 |
61 |
106 |
102 |
|
Total number of sentences that remained unchanged |
22 |
20 |
9 |
16 |
34 |
The number of referrals under the unduly lenient sentence scheme that have been rejected due to falling outside the remit of the scheme in each of the last five years is set out below.
|
Year |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
|
Number of referrals that have been rejected due to the offence falling outside the remit of the scheme |
62 |
75 |
131 |
194 |
228 |
|
Number of referrals received out of time |
3 |
12 |
9 |
10 |
16 |
