Magistrates' Courts: Appeals and Judicial Review
Commons · Question 103987 · Tabled 7 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Markus Campbell-Savours
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of decisions made in magistrates’ courts in the most recent year for which data is available were appealed to the Crown Court, by way of case stated, or by judicial review.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Sackman, 16 Jan 2026
Data on appeals to the Crown Court from magistrates’ courts are published as part of the Criminal Court Statistics quarterly release in table C11. Data is split into appeals against the verdict and appeals against the sentence with breakdowns provided for...