HC Deb 29 March 2004 vol 419 cc1174-5W
Bob Spink

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional. Affairs how many convictions have been found by the Court of Appeal to be wrongful in each of the last five years; and how much compensation has been paid in respect of such convictions. [163592]

Mr. Leslie

Figures for the number of convictions found by the Court of Appeal to be wrongful in each of the last five years are provided in Table 1. The figures provided by the Home Office in Table 2 do riot identify the amount of compensation awards to successful appellants as they also include payments made under the Home Secretary ex-gratia scheme for wrongful conviction and/or charge.

Table 1: Court of Appeal ( Criminal Division) Convictions Overturned
Number
1998 290
1999 171
2000 150
2001 135
2002 166
Table 2: Compensation paid under ss133 Criminal Justice Act 1998 or the Home Secretary's ex-gratia scheme for wrongful conviction and/or charge
£million
1998–99 5.302
1999–2000 5.647
2000–01 8.051
2001–02 6.172
2002–03 8.120