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 DakinThe 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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