Stalking: Sentencing
Commons · Question 27331 · Tabled 4 Sep 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 9 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Ann Davies
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) sentencing and (b) guidelines in relation to stalking offences tried in the magistrates’ court.
Answer
Answered by Jake Richards, 9 Sep 2026
Sentencing decisions in individual cases are a matter for the independent judiciary, taking into account the circumstances of the offence and the offender, including any particular aggravating or mitigating factors.Magistrates’ courts can sentence an offe...