Written questions

Convictions and Prosecutions: Appeals

Commons · Question 6189 · Tabled 2 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 10 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people who appeal against sentence and conviction from the magistrates court are unrepresented.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Sackman, 10 Jun 2026

The Ministry of Justice does not hold, and does not have access to, centrally collated data identifying whether people who appeal against conviction or sentence from the magistrates’ courts are legally represented. As a result, we are unable to provide fi...