§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many of the cases tried on indictment where convictions were quashed following referral to the Court of Appeal by the Secretary of State, exercising his powers under section 17 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968, compensation was paid to the appellant; what was the amount of compensation paid in each case; and how many such compensation claims remain outstanding for each year between 1990–91 and 1996–97. [54106]
§ Mr. MichaelThe consideration of eligibility for compensation is subject to an application being made. It does not follow that all those whose cases were referred to the Court of Appeal during the period in question, and whose convictions were subsequently quashed, will842W necessarily have applied to the Home Office for compensation. Of the relevant individuals who did apply, the available information is as follows:
Year conviction referred1 Number who subsequently qualified for compensation Number of claims not yet settled 1990 17 12 1991 11 1 1992 8 3 1993 4 2 1994 2 1 1995 4 3 1996 6 4 19972 — — 1 The year in which a case is referred to the Court of Appeal will not usually be the same year in which the appeal is heard, nor in which a decision to pay compensation is taken 2 The eligibility for compensation of one individual whose conviction was referred to and quashed by the Court of Appeal in 1997 has yet to be determined Note:
It is not practice to give details of the amounts awarded in individual cases
§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) in how many cases, for each year between 1990–91 and 1996–97, where convictions tried on indictment were referred to the Court of Appeal by the Secretary of State for the Home Department in exercise of his powers under section 17 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968(a) the appeal was allowed, (b) the appeal was dismissed, (c) a re-trial was ordered and (d) the appeal is awaited; [54104]
(2) how many convictions in cases tried on indictment were referred to the Court of Appeal by the Secretary of State in exercise of his powers under section 17 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 for each year between 1990–91 and 1996–97. [54102]
§ Mr. MichaelThe number of convictions referred to the Court of Appeal from 1990–97, and the outcome, are given in the table.
Convictions in cases tried on indictment referred to the Court of Appeal by the Home Secretary under section 17 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968, 1990–1997 Outcome of Appeal Case (defendants) Allowed Dismissed 1990 7(20 7(20) 0 1991 10(12) 110(12) 0 1992 8(11) 15(8) 3(3) 1993 8(9) 15(6) 3(3) 1994 9(12) 5(5) 4(7) 1995 215(17) 9(9) 5(7) 1996 39(12) 6(9) 2(2) 1997 33(3) 1(1) 1 1(1) 1 Court of Appeal ordered a re-trial in one case 2 One case has been stayed by order of the Registrar 3 One case outstanding