§ Mr. John Evansasked the Attorney-General how many prisoners serving custodial sentences have served (a) more than nine months, (b) between six and nine months, (c) between three and six months and (d) less than three months in custody before their appeal is heard by the court of appeal.
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The Attorney-GeneralThe information requested is not available, and could not be ascertained without a disproportionate expenditure of the time of the staff of the Criminal Appeal Office.
§ Mr. John Evansasked the Attorney-General what is the average length of time prisoners serving custodial sentences in criminal cases have to serve in custody before their appeal is heard by the court of appeal.
The Attorney-GeneralThe average length of time between sentence at the Crown Court and the hearing of appeals and applications for leave to appeal by the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal in the period April to June 1974 was 100 days. No separate figures are available distinguishing between custody and other cases in respect of the waiting times concerned.