§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Solicitor-General how many cases, where the sentence was judged to be unduly lenient were referred,(a) Crown Prosecution Service HQ Directorate, (b) Treasury Counsel and (c) to the Legal Secretariat of the Law Offices and to himself, in each of the last three years; how many cases were accepted by her for review by the Court of Appeal and how many were rejected; and in how many cases the Court of Appeal accepted that the sentence was unduly lenient and (i) increased the sentence and (ii) did not increase the sentence. [168819]
§ The Solicitor-GeneralSet out in the following table are details of the data held by the CPS Casework Directorate and the Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers which represent figures for the last three calendar years. The figures in line one represent the total defendants whose sentences were referred to Casework Directorate. The figures in line two onward represent the total defendants whose sentences were referred to LSLO by the CPS and by other prosecuting agencies. Figures are not kept regarding whether cases were referred to Treasury Counsel for advice.
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2001 2002 2003 Total defendants whose sentences were referred to Casework Directorate 287 375 323 Total defendants whose sentences were referred to the Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers 277 340 316 Total defendants whose sentences were considered by the Law Officers 234 290 272 Total defendants whose sentence was referred to the Court of Appeal 149 134 97 Total defendants where Court of Appeal refused leave 8 2 2 Total defendants where leave given but Court of Appeal held sentence not unduly lenient 12 17 13 Total defendants where sentence held unduly lenient by Court of Appeal 129 115 160 Total defendants where sentence held unduly lenient and sentence increased 97 91 153 Total defendants where sentence held unduly lenient and sentence not increased 32 24 17 1To date