Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what plans he has to extend the unduly lenient sentence scheme.
Answered by Jeremy Wright
Whilst in the vast majority of cases sentencing judges get it right, the ULS scheme is essential in ensuring that victims, family members and the public are able to request that sentences they think are unduly lenient can be reviewed.
The Government re-committed in our manifesto that we will extend the scope of the scheme. As a first step, an extension of the scheme to further terrorism offences came into effect last August.
Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many people have applied for sentences to be reviewed under the unduly lenient sentence scheme in the last 12 months.
Answered by Jeremy Wright
Approximately 2,347 people have applied for sentences to be reviewed over the last 12 months. A total of 1040 sentences have been referred to my office for consideration as unduly lenient.
Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many applications under the unduly lenient sentence scheme have been rejected due to falling outside the remit of that scheme in the last 12 months.
Answered by Jeremy Wright
354 applications under the unduly lenient scheme have been rejected as they did not fall within the remit of the scheme. 30 applications would have been in the scheme but were received outside the statutory time limit of 28 days from sentence.
Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many sentences referred to the Court of Appeal under the unduly lenient sentence scheme were (a) increased and (b) kept the same in the last 12 months.
Answered by Jeremy Wright
In the 12 months from May 2017 to April 2018, of the sentences which were referrred to the Court of Appeal and have been heard, 116 were increased and 39 remained unchanged. 15 have yet to be heard.
Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many requests were received by his Department requesting the referral of the sentence in R v John Worboys to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme in 2009; and who those requests were made by.
Answered by Jeremy Wright
According to our records, in 2009 the Attorney General’s Office received requests to refer John Worboys’s sentence to the Court of Appeal from a charity that campaigned against violence against women, and from an MP who passed on a constituent’s complaint about the sentence.
Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many offenders have had their sentence increased under the unduly lenient sentence scheme in each of the last five years.
Answered by Jeremy Wright
The Government has committed to extending the scope of the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme and is carefully considering its approach.
The number of offenders who have had their sentence increased under the unduly lenient sentence scheme in each of the last five years is set out below.
Year | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Offenders who have had their sentence increased by the Court of Appeal | 95 | 62 | 61 | 106 | 102 |
Some cases attract multiple referrals from various sources and we do not record how many referrals each case has received. The total number of cases where requests were received by the Attorney General’s Office for sentences to be reviewed in each of the last five years is set out below.
Year | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Total number of referrals received by the Attorney General’s Office for sentences to be reviewed under the scheme | 377 | 435 | 498 | 674 | 713 |
The number of sentences referred to the Court of Appeal under the unduly lenient sentence scheme that were (a) increased and (b) kept the same in each of the last five years is set out below.
Year | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Total number of sentences referred to the Court of Appeal | 117 | 82 | 70 | 122 | 136 |
Total number of sentences that were increased | 95 | 62 | 61 | 106 | 102 |
Total number of sentences that remained unchanged | 22 | 20 | 9 | 16 | 34 |
The number of referrals under the unduly lenient sentence scheme that have been rejected due to falling outside the remit of the scheme in each of the last five years is set out below.
Year | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Number of referrals that have been rejected due to the offence falling outside the remit of the scheme | 62 | 75 | 131 | 194 | 228 |
Number of referrals received out of time | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 16 |
Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what plans he has to extend the unduly lenient sentence scheme.
Answered by Jeremy Wright
The Government has committed to extending the scope of the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme and is carefully considering its approach.
The number of offenders who have had their sentence increased under the unduly lenient sentence scheme in each of the last five years is set out below.
Year | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Offenders who have had their sentence increased by the Court of Appeal | 95 | 62 | 61 | 106 | 102 |
Some cases attract multiple referrals from various sources and we do not record how many referrals each case has received. The total number of cases where requests were received by the Attorney General’s Office for sentences to be reviewed in each of the last five years is set out below.
Year | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Total number of referrals received by the Attorney General’s Office for sentences to be reviewed under the scheme | 377 | 435 | 498 | 674 | 713 |
The number of sentences referred to the Court of Appeal under the unduly lenient sentence scheme that were (a) increased and (b) kept the same in each of the last five years is set out below.
Year | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Total number of sentences referred to the Court of Appeal | 117 | 82 | 70 | 122 | 136 |
Total number of sentences that were increased | 95 | 62 | 61 | 106 | 102 |
Total number of sentences that remained unchanged | 22 | 20 | 9 | 16 | 34 |
The number of referrals under the unduly lenient sentence scheme that have been rejected due to falling outside the remit of the scheme in each of the last five years is set out below.
Year | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Number of referrals that have been rejected due to the offence falling outside the remit of the scheme | 62 | 75 | 131 | 194 | 228 |
Number of referrals received out of time | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 16 |
Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what plans he has to extend the scope of the unduly lenient sentence scheme.
Answered by Jeremy Wright
The Government has committed to extending the scope of the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme and is carefully considering its approach.
The number of offenders who have had their sentence increased under the unduly lenient sentence scheme in each of the last five years is set out below.
Year | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Offenders who have had their sentence increased by the Court of Appeal | 95 | 62 | 61 | 106 | 102 |
Some cases attract multiple referrals from various sources and we do not record how many referrals each case has received. The total number of cases where requests were received by the Attorney General’s Office for sentences to be reviewed in each of the last five years is set out below.
Year | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Total number of referrals received by the Attorney General’s Office for sentences to be reviewed under the scheme | 377 | 435 | 498 | 674 | 713 |
The number of sentences referred to the Court of Appeal under the unduly lenient sentence scheme that were (a) increased and (b) kept the same in each of the last five years is set out below.
Year | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Total number of sentences referred to the Court of Appeal | 117 | 82 | 70 | 122 | 136 |
Total number of sentences that were increased | 95 | 62 | 61 | 106 | 102 |
Total number of sentences that remained unchanged | 22 | 20 | 9 | 16 | 34 |
The number of referrals under the unduly lenient sentence scheme that have been rejected due to falling outside the remit of the scheme in each of the last five years is set out below.
Year | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Number of referrals that have been rejected due to the offence falling outside the remit of the scheme | 62 | 75 | 131 | 194 | 228 |
Number of referrals received out of time | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 16 |
Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many people have applied for sentences to be reviewed under the unduly lenient sentence scheme in each of the last five years.
Answered by Jeremy Wright
The Government has committed to extending the scope of the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme and is carefully considering its approach.
The number of offenders who have had their sentence increased under the unduly lenient sentence scheme in each of the last five years is set out below.
Year | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Offenders who have had their sentence increased by the Court of Appeal | 95 | 62 | 61 | 106 | 102 |
Some cases attract multiple referrals from various sources and we do not record how many referrals each case has received. The total number of cases where requests were received by the Attorney General’s Office for sentences to be reviewed in each of the last five years is set out below.
Year | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Total number of referrals received by the Attorney General’s Office for sentences to be reviewed under the scheme | 377 | 435 | 498 | 674 | 713 |
The number of sentences referred to the Court of Appeal under the unduly lenient sentence scheme that were (a) increased and (b) kept the same in each of the last five years is set out below.
Year | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Total number of sentences referred to the Court of Appeal | 117 | 82 | 70 | 122 | 136 |
Total number of sentences that were increased | 95 | 62 | 61 | 106 | 102 |
Total number of sentences that remained unchanged | 22 | 20 | 9 | 16 | 34 |
The number of referrals under the unduly lenient sentence scheme that have been rejected due to falling outside the remit of the scheme in each of the last five years is set out below.
Year | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Number of referrals that have been rejected due to the offence falling outside the remit of the scheme | 62 | 75 | 131 | 194 | 228 |
Number of referrals received out of time | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 16 |
Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many sentences referred to the Court of Appeal under the unduly lenient sentence scheme were (a) increased and (b) kept the same in each of the last five years.
Answered by Jeremy Wright
The Government has committed to extending the scope of the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme and is carefully considering its approach.
The number of offenders who have had their sentence increased under the unduly lenient sentence scheme in each of the last five years is set out below.
Year | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Offenders who have had their sentence increased by the Court of Appeal | 95 | 62 | 61 | 106 | 102 |
Some cases attract multiple referrals from various sources and we do not record how many referrals each case has received. The total number of cases where requests were received by the Attorney General’s Office for sentences to be reviewed in each of the last five years is set out below.
Year | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Total number of referrals received by the Attorney General’s Office for sentences to be reviewed under the scheme | 377 | 435 | 498 | 674 | 713 |
The number of sentences referred to the Court of Appeal under the unduly lenient sentence scheme that were (a) increased and (b) kept the same in each of the last five years is set out below.
Year | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Total number of sentences referred to the Court of Appeal | 117 | 82 | 70 | 122 | 136 |
Total number of sentences that were increased | 95 | 62 | 61 | 106 | 102 |
Total number of sentences that remained unchanged | 22 | 20 | 9 | 16 | 34 |
The number of referrals under the unduly lenient sentence scheme that have been rejected due to falling outside the remit of the scheme in each of the last five years is set out below.
Year | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Number of referrals that have been rejected due to the offence falling outside the remit of the scheme | 62 | 75 | 131 | 194 | 228 |
Number of referrals received out of time | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 16 |