Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 50495

Reoffenders: Sentencing

Tabled: 7 May 2025

Answered: 14 May 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to increase sentences on hyper-prolific offenders.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

This Government takes prolific offending extremely seriously, which is why we have asked the independent Sentencing Review to consider how sentences could be reformed to address prolific offending, reduce reoffending, cut crime and ultimately make our str...

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