Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 3638

Crimes against the Person: Sentencing

Tabled: 30 August 2024

Answered: 5 September 2024

Question

Danny Beales

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing sentences for people convicted of assaulting public service workers .

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for our independent courts. Parliament has provided the courts with a broad range of sentencing powers to deal effectively and appropriately with offenders, including discharges, fines, community sentences, suspe...

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