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Convictions and Prosecutions: Appeals

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

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
4 Jun 2026
Answer
10 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

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

  2. 4 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    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...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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