Criminal Cases Review Commission (Hansard, 28 January 2003)

§ John Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions have been overturned by the Court of Appeal following a referral by the Criminal Cases Review Commission since March 1997. [92309]

§ Hilary Benn
The Court of Appeal has quashed 60 convictions obtained in England and Wales following references by the Criminal Cases Review Commission.

§ John Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases, where the conviction has been overturned by the Court of Appeal following a referral by the Criminal Cases Review Commission, had previously been investigated by his Department prior to March 1997. [92310]

§ Hilary Benn
Departmental records indicate that 36 cases, where the Court of Appeal has quashed a conviction obtained in England and Wales following references by the Criminal Cases Review Commission, had previously been the subject of applications to my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary for a referral. I am unable to say how many of these 36 cases were investigated prior to their transfer to the Commission, as this information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

§ John Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases the Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred to the Court of Appeal since March 1997. [92311]

§ Hilary Benn
The Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred 173 cases to the Court of Appeal. (This figure includes referrals of convictions or sentences or both. but excludes referrals to the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland or to Crown Courts.)

§ John Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases have been referred to the Criminal Cases Review Commission since March 1997. [92312]

§ Hilary Benn
There have been 5,520 applications from England, Wales and Northern Ireland to the Criminal Cases Review Commission. This figure includes 753W requests for case reviews of both summary and indictable convictions and of sentence only. At least three quarters of the applications received prove to be ineligible for a case review (usually because of a failure to exhaust the normal appeals process).