Jeremy Wright corrected a written answer on Crown Prosecution Service

9 July 2015 · Commons written answer · Attorney General

Simon Danczuk (Labour, Rochdale) asked written question 5644 on 6 July 2015. Jeremy Wright answered on 9 July 2015 for the Attorney General, and Jeremy Wright corrected the answer on 9 July 2015. The corrected text no longer gives the figures 128, 469. Altogether 227 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Attorney General, if he will review the position of the incumbent Director of Public Prosecutions in view of the recent decision to charge Lord Janner.

Original and corrected answer

Struck through: original only. Bold: correction only.

Original	Corrected
~~In the year~~ to ~~31 st December 2014, the Law Officers personally considered 469 cases~~ and ~~referred 128 offenders to the Court of Appeal under the unduly lenient sentence scheme. Leave was granted by the Court in 95% of cases which included some~~ of the ~~most serious violent~~ and ~~sexual offences, including murder, rape and sexual assault.~~ The ~~Attorney General’s Office publishes statistics~~ for ~~unduly lenient sentences at~~ the ~~end~~ of the ~~calendar year. This is to ensure that the figures are released in a consistent format~~ and are accurate and quality assured. Unduly lenient sentences statistics for 2013 and 2014 are published on the Attorney General’s Office website - www.gov.uk/government/organisations/attorney-generals-office .	Decisions on whether or not to bring criminal charges are taken by prosecutors who are independent from government and independent from Parliament. I am confident of the independence and the integrity of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Alison Saunders, in making the difficult judgements the job of a prosecutor involves. The Victims’ Right to Review, which Alison Saunders helped to bring in, allows any victim of crime who is dissatisfied with a decision taken by a prosecutor not to proceed with their case to ask for the decision to be reviewed. This review has operated as it was designed to in the case of Greville Janner. We are world leaders in offering that safeguard for victims and since Alison Saunders has been DPP, the CPS has prosecuted and convicted more child sex offenders than ever before.

Original

Corrected

~~In the year~~ to ~~31 st December 2014, the Law Officers personally considered 469 cases~~ and ~~referred 128 offenders to the Court of Appeal under the unduly lenient sentence scheme. Leave was granted by the Court in 95% of cases which included some~~ of the ~~most serious violent~~ and ~~sexual offences, including murder, rape and sexual assault.~~
The ~~Attorney General’s Office publishes statistics~~ for ~~unduly lenient sentences at~~ the ~~end~~ of the ~~calendar year. This is to ensure that the figures are released in a consistent format~~ and are accurate and quality assured. Unduly lenient sentences statistics for 2013 and 2014 are published on the Attorney General’s Office website - www.gov.uk/government/organisations/attorney-generals-office .

Decisions on whether or not to bring criminal charges are taken by prosecutors who are independent from government and independent from Parliament. I am confident of the independence and the integrity of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Alison Saunders, in making the difficult judgements the job of a prosecutor involves.
The Victims’ Right to Review, which Alison Saunders helped to bring in, allows any victim of crime who is dissatisfied with a decision taken by a prosecutor not to proceed with their case to ask for the decision to be reviewed. This review has operated as it was designed to in the case of Greville Janner.
We are world leaders in offering that safeguard for victims and since Alison Saunders has been DPP, the CPS has prosecuted and convicted more child sex offenders than ever before.

The question and answer on the Parliament website.

Receipt

Read from	https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/387884?expandMember=true
Date read	15 October 2026
SHA-256	`a649f74924298b7ae16035a3673e045320112ae7e079f27d616703255a772019`