§ Mr. Kilfedderasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the currently applicable Lord Chief Justice's memorandum to appellate court 115W judges on not increasing a prison sentence on appeal; and if he will publish the memorandum in the Official Report.
§ Mr. Alexander W. LyonThe power of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) to increase sentences on appeal was abolished in England and Wales by the Criminal Appeal Act 1966.
§ Mr. Kilfedderasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions during the past 20 years a convicted prisoner has had his prison sentence increased by the Court of Appeal; what were the sentences imposed by the trial judge and the increased sentence imposed on appeal; and when was the last occasion when such increased sentence was imposed by the Court of Appeal.
§ Mr. Alexander W. LyonThe court's power to increase sentences was abolished by the Criminal Appeal Act 1966. The available information for the earlier years is as follows:
Appeals to the Court of Criminal Appeal in England and Wales against sentences of imprisonment, corrective training or preventive detention in which the sentence was increased: 1955 to 1965. Year Number 1955 … … … 7 1956 … … … 2 1957 … … … 2 1958 … … … 2 1959 … … … — 1960 … … … — 1961 … … … 5 1962 … … … 12 1963 … … … 6 1964 … … … 3 1965 … … … 2