What percentage of criminal appeals have been upheld?

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Dear HM Courts and Tribunals Service,

Could you please let me know what percentage of criminal appeals have been upheld in the last year or in the latest year for which figures are available.

Also could you let me know the number involved e.g. 5% of 6,000.

Yours faithfully,

Paul Turner

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Dear statsfoi,
Thanks for your response which provides a 'link' (here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics...) for the required statistics. The Royal Courts of Justice section says the following:
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The Court of Appeal Criminal Division saw a 14% increase over the year in the number of applications received, from 3,800 in 2022 to 4,300 in 2023. Increases were recorded across all three appeal application types (conviction, sentence and other[footnote 7] appeal applications, up 29%, 9% and 11% respectively). These volumes are now approaching pre-Covid19 levels, with the total number of applications received only 5% lower than in 2019. Compared to 2019, conviction and other applications increased by 4% and 53% respectively, whereas sentence applications remain 12% below this level. (RCJ Table 2.1)
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These are not the stats I requested. At the foot of the Royal Courts of Justice section, we find the following:
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For further information on these summarised figures or on the statistics available in relation to the appeals courts’, please see the accompanying tables; ‘Royal Courts of Justice, 2023'
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There are no 'accompanying tables'. I therefore performed my own search for relevant MoJ tables over the course of an hour or so but could find no data or tables providing the information I require. Would you please provide a link for the specific table which will provide the information required.

Yours sincerely,

Paul Turner

CAJS, HM Courts and Tribunals Service

Dear Paul,

Thank you for your email regarding the data provided in this FOI and apologies for any confusion.

The number of criminal appeals heard at the court of appeal by outcome are published in the Civil Justice Statistics Quarterly publication. The latest data up to 2023 is available in table 2.2 in the link "Royal_Courts_of_Justice_Annual_Tables-_2023.ods". This gives the total number of appeals allowed and dismissed in columns F and G by year and the total number of appeals heard in column H.

The link to the published statistics where the Royal Courts of Justice tables can be found is here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics... (4th link from the bottom on this page). This data is published annually in June.

Hope this gives you the information you need, please let us know if you have any queries.

Kind regards,

Laura

On bahalf of the Civil and Administrative Justice Statistics team

From: Paul Turner <[FOI #1185774 email]>
Sent: 28 October 2024 16:48
To: statsfoi <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Freedom of information reply (241010043)

Dear statsfoi,
Thanks for your response which provides a 'link' (here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics...) for the required statistics. The Royal Courts of Justice section says the following:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Court of Appeal Criminal Division saw a 14% increase over the year in the number of applications received, from 3,800 in 2022 to 4,300 in 2023. Increases were recorded across all three appeal application types (conviction, sentence and other[footnote 7] appeal applications, up 29%, 9% and 11% respectively). These volumes are now approaching pre-Covid19 levels, with the total number of applications received only 5% lower than in 2019. Compared to 2019, conviction and other applications increased by 4% and 53% respectively, whereas sentence applications remain 12% below this level. (RCJ Table 2.1) ____________________________ These are not the stats I requested. At the foot of the Royal Courts of Justice section, we find the following:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
For further information on these summarised figures or on the statistics available in relation to the appeals courts', please see the accompanying tables; 'Royal Courts of Justice, 2023'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There are no 'accompanying tables'. I therefore performed my own search for relevant MoJ tables over the course of an hour or so but could find no data or tables providing the information I require. Would you please provide a link for the specific table which will provide the information required.

Yours sincerely,

Paul Turner

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Dear CAJS (Laura),

Thanks for the clarification and information requested.

Yours sincerely,

Paul Turner