Convictions: Appeals
(asked on 11th September 2024) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many cases submitted to the Criminal Cases Review Commission have been concluded and reported on in (1) 2024 and (2) each of the previous five calendar years.
On 1 September 2024, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) had 1,088 cases open, of those, 921 were under review (including triage), 167 were waiting to be allocated to a case review manager.
The table below provides the data for 2024 and the previous five calendar years:
Year | Applications Closed | Referrals |
2019 | 1,539 | 22 |
2020 | 1,063 | 76 |
2021 | 1,216 | 21 |
2022 | 1,174 | 33 |
2023 | 1,487 | 20 |
1 January 2024 to 1 September 2024 | 969 | 19 |
The number of open cases as of 31 December of each year is below:
Year | Open cases as of 31 December |
2019 | 700 (530 under review, 170 waiting) |
2020 | 725 (600 under review, 125 waiting) |
2021 | 755 (646 under review, 109 waiting) |
2022 | 890 (763 under review, 127 waiting) |
2023 | 1,010 (855 under review, 155 waiting) |
The number of cases completed by the CCRC in each financial year is reported in their Annual Reports, which can be found on their website.