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Tēnā koe Marcus,

 

Thank you for emailing the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry).

 

We acknowledge receipt of your request under the Official Information Act
1982.  Specifically, you requested:

 

 1. First, please disclose data that the Ministry has regarding the number
of MPIs imposed by Judges every year from 2002 up to the most recent
data, presumably 2024.
 2. Second, please disclose the number of successful appeals where MPIs
have been quashed by an appellate court. I note that such appeals are
treated as appeals against sentence. It would be greatly appreciated
if this request could be broken down by year and Court level too if
possible. The date for this request can be from 2010 onwards.

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Marcus W <[FOI #31289 email]>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2025 1:50 PM
To: [Ministry of Justice request email]
Subject: Official Information request - Minimum period of imprisonment

 

Tēnā koe Ministry of Justice,

 

I am writing to request information under the Official Information Act
1982 regarding minimum periods of imprisonment (MPI) under s 86 of the
Sentencing Act 2002. Essentially, my request can be summarised to two key
points:

 

(1) First, please disclose data that the Ministry has regarding the number
of MPIs imposed by Judges every year from 2002 up to the most recent data,
presumably 2024.

 

(2) Second, please disclose the number of successful appeals where MPIs
have been quashed by an appellate court. I note that such appeals are
treated as appeals against sentence. It would be greatly appreciated if
this request could be broken down by year and Court level too if possible.
The date for this request can be from 2010 onwards.

 

Please feel free to contact me if clarification is required. I am happy to
refine the scope if needed to assist with the request. It is my
understanding that no such request has been made to the Ministry of
Justice before. It would be greatly appreciated if such information could
be duly provided.

 

In the event the Ministry does not have the information dating back to the
request dates above, please provide the data that goes back the
furtherest. For example, if the oldest data is from 2010, please disclose
the data from 2010 onwards.

 

Ngā mihi,

Marcus W

 

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