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...