Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 38591

Sentencing

Tabled: 17 March 2025

Answered: 20 March 2025

Named Day

Question

Robert Jenrick

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Sentencing Council's guidance entitled Imposition of community and custodial sentences - Effective from 1 April 2025, whether her Department has made an (a) estimate of the (i) additional nu

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

Where a court is considering whether an offender should receive a sentence of immediate custody, a pre-sentence report must be obtained and considered before forming an opinion unless, in the circumstances of the case, the court considers that it is unnec...

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