Asked by: Lord James of Blackheath (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that the Criminal Cases Review Commission has sufficient resources to speed up its consideration of cases.
Answered by Lord Bellamy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
In the last two years, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has increased the Criminal Cases Review Commission’s (CCRC) budget from £6.015m in 2020/21 to £6.998m this year. This represents an increase of £983,000 or 16% of the 2020/21 budget. A capital budget totalling £1.58m has also been provided to improve its infrastructure, so that it can meet its targets on timeliness of case reviews.
The funding allocation to the CCRC is reviewed each year, in consultation with the CCRC itself, as part of setting budgets so the CCRC can continue to carry out its statutory functions effectively.