Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 82769

Trading Standards: Sentencing

Tabled: 16 October 2025

Answered: 23 October 2025

Question

Lisa Smart

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of sentences for people convicted of crimes involving breaches of trading standards.

Answer

Jake Richards

The Ministry of Justice has made no assessment of sentencing for offending involving breaches of trading standards.Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for the courts. Parliament has provided the courts with a broad range of sentencing powers to dea...

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