Appearances and Speeches

A campaign to recruit a new Victims’ Commissioner is underway, and we expect to identify a new Victims’ Commissioner by the spring.

Information on the number of convictions in absence is not centrally recorded in the Court Proceeding Database held by the Ministry of Justi

This information is not centrally recorded in the Court Proceeding Database held by the Ministry of Justice and to obtain it would involve a

Victims can withdraw from the criminal justice process at any stage and some of this information is published for adult rape as part of our

The Government keeps the scope of the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme under consideration and understands that a case may be made for additio

A campaign to recruit a new Victims’ Commissioner is underway, and we expect to identify a new Victims’ Commissioner by the Spring.

Timeliness estimates for defendants dealt with for all rape at criminal courts since 2010 (Table 1) and for the latest quarter (Table 2) can

Information on adjournments due to a defendant failing to attend court or due to a lack of staff is not held.

Information on ineffective trials by reason is published as part of Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly – ‘Trial effectiveness at the crimin

The Deputy Prime Minister engaged with Dame Vera through regular correspondence and formally met with her twice during her tenure.