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 remained pending and incomplete in each of the previous five calendar years, respectively.
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.