Sentence Referrals

HC Deb 17 July 2002 vol 389 cc287-8W

Mr. Gordon Marsden

To ask the Solicitor-General how many requests for referral of a sentence to the Court of Appeal on the grounds of undue lenience were received by her Department after the expiry of the 28 day time limit for such referrals in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [56586]

The Solicitor-General

[holding answer 15 May 2002]Relevant records are available only for the year 2000 onwards. The following figures are available:

Year 2000

one request for referral of a sentence to the Court of Appeal on the grounds of undue lenience was received by my Department after the expiry of the 28-day time limit;

Year 2001

three requests for referral of a sentence to the Court of Appeal on the grounds of undue lenience were received by my Department after the expiry of the 28-day time limit;

Year 2002

to date no request for referral of a sentence to the Court of Appeal on the grounds of undue lenience has been received by my Department after the expiry of the 28-day time limit.