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
Labour — Penrith 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 SackmanData 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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