Convictions: Appeals
Commons · Question 6190 · 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 hearings of appeals against conviction from the magistrates' court involve A) complainants in general and B) vulnerable complainants.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Sackman, 10 Jun 2026
The Ministry of Justice routinely publishes data on appeals of magistrates’ court decisions heard at the Crown Court. This can be accessed through the Criminal Justice Statistics Quarterly publications (Criminal court statistics quarterly: October to Dece...