Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 103987

Magistrates' Courts: Appeals and Judicial Review

Tabled: 7 January 2026
Answered: 16 January 2026

Question

Markus Campbell-Savours

LabourPenrith and Solway

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of decisions made in magistrates’ courts in the most recent year for which data is available were appealed to the Crown Court, by way of case stated, or by judicial review.

Answer

Sarah Sackman
Data on appeals to the Crown Court from magistrates’ courts are published as part of the Criminal Court Statistics quarterly release in table C11. Data is split into appeals against the verdict and appeals against the sentence with breakdowns provided for...

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