United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 100744
Prison Sentences
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16 December 2025
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23 December 2025 · Answer
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23 December 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of government guidance regarding the statutory time limit of six months for summary offences.
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16 December 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of government guidance regarding the statutory time limit of six months for summary offences.
Source: Commons
23 December 2025
Answer
Proceedings for summary-only offences must be commenced within six months of the date of the offence. The Government is satisfied that that this time limit, as set out in Section 127 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, is an important safeguard which ens...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-12-16/100744
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1865002
- uk · wq-1865002 · source updated 23 December 2025