Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences: Sentencing
Commons · Question 19857 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 8 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his department's policy to raise mandatory sentences of a) sex offences and b) domestic violence offences.
Answer
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones, 8 Sep 2026
We have a comprehensive framework of offences to deal with a range of sexual and domestic abuse offending, supported by robust maximum penalties, including life imprisonment for the most serious offences. These penalties reflect the gravity with which suc...