Pre-sentence Reports
Commons · Question 36135 · Tabled 6 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
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
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 14 Mar 2025
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...