Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 36135

Pre-sentence Reports

Tabled: 6 March 2025
Answered: 14 March 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UK — Ashfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will overrule changes to sentencing guidance which will place greater emphasis on pre-sentence reports.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin
The Sentencing Council has issued new guidance which the last Government was consulted on between November 2023 and February 2024, and then publicly welcomed.The Lord Chancellor has been clear that these guidelines do not represent this government’s views...
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