Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 9116

Magistrates' Courts: Sentencing

Tabled: 14 October 2024

Answered: 21 October 2024

Question

Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst

Conservative — Solihull West and Shirley

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the unduly lenient sentence scheme to cases sentenced in the Magistrates’ Court.

Answer

Heidi Alexander

The Unduly Lenient Sentence (ULS) scheme operates in respect of qualifying sentences passed in the Crown Court, where the offender has been convicted of: (a) an indictable only offence (such as murder, manslaughter and rape); and/or (b) certain either-way...

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