Written question asked by Ross Cranston (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 March 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 4 April 2005. It was answered by David Lammy (Labour) on Monday, 4 April 2005 on behalf of the Department for Constitutional Affairs.

Dept for Constitutional Affairs

Question: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what assessment he has made of the level of successful appeals against convictions to the Court of Appeal Criminal Division between 2000 and 2004, with particular reference to the implications for the funding of the Criminal Defence Service; and if he will make a statement.

Answer: Ross Cranston: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what assessment he has made of the level of successful appeals against convictions to the Court of Appeal Criminal Division between 2000 and 2004, with particular reference to the implications for the funding of the Criminal Defence Service; and if he will make a statement. [222735] Mr. Lammy: Between 2000 and 2004, in those applications where leave to appeal had been granted, on average 33 per cent. of appeals against conviction were successful. During the same period the overall annual spend from the Criminal Defence Service (CDS) Budget in the Court of Appeal Criminal Division varied between £5 million and £10 million. In the context of a current annual CDS Budget of approximately £1 billion, it is not considered that total spend in the Court of Appeal is excessive, nor that it threatens delivery of other CDS priorities.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 432 c1226W; 222735
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Criminal proceedings Appeals Convictions Criminal Defence Service Court of Appeal Finance
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk