Terrorism: Sentencing
2026-06-11 · Ministry of Justice · 9356 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of applying terrorism-connection sentencing provisions to defendants in cases where the existence of those provisions was not disclosed to the jury on the right
Answer
Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for the independent courts. In England and Wales, the terrorist connection aggravating factor applies where an offence is not itself a terrorism offence but takes place in the course of an act of terrorism or is ...