Written questions

Domestic Abuse: Sentencing

Commons · Question 56957 · Tabled 3 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 10 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Josh Babarinde

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Independent Sentencing Review, published on 22 May 2025, whether the introduction of an identifier at sentencing for domestic abuse perpetrators will enable the Government to exclude offende

Answer

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 10 Jun 2025

On 22 May, the Lord Chancellor set out the Government’s in-principle response to the Independent Sentencing Review’s findings and recommendations, which will help to ensure that prisons never run out of space again and dangerous offenders can be kept off ...