Offences against Children: Sentencing
Commons · Question 46697 · Tabled 22 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Mark Pritchard
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will ask the Sentencing Council to increase custodial sentences for people convicted of procuring child abuse images.
Answer
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones, 30 Apr 2025
The maximum sentences available for criminal offences are set by Parliament and, for possession of indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of a child, the maximum sentence is 5 years’ imprisonment. For distributing, making or taking indecent photograph...