Criminal Cases Review Commission
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, as at 26 February 2025, how many applications to the Criminal Cases Review Commission have been open for (a) over one year, (b) over two years, (c) over five years, (d) over ten years and (e) over fifteen years.
Answered by Sarah Sackman
The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has provided the following information, which is unpublished management information and has not been subject to the same quality checks as Official Statistics which are published by the Ministry of Justice.
As at 26 February 2025, the CCRC had 1,158 open cases. Of these 351 have been open for over one year, 152 have been open for over 2 years, 9 have been open for over 5 years and none have been open for over 10 or 15 years.
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