Ministry of Justice written question – answered at on 15 November 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the unduly lenient sentence scheme.
The unduly lenient sentence scheme provides a valuable way to ensure that sentences for serious crimes can be challenged where they are considered to be unduly lenient. In 2016, the Attorney General referred 190 cases to the Court of Appeal, and in 141 of these the Court of Appeal increased the sentence.
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