United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 100765
Prison Sentences
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16 December 2025
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23 December 2025 · Answer
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to Answer of 9th December 2025 to Question 96041, on Reoffenders: Sentencing, what assessment he has made of how frequently courts depart from sentencing guidelines on the basis that it is in the interes
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16 December 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to Answer of 9th December 2025 to Question 96041, on Reoffenders: Sentencing, what assessment he has made of how frequently courts depart from sentencing guidelines on the basis that it is in the interes
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23 December 2025
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All sentencing courts in England and Wales must follow any sentencing guidelines which are relevant to the offender’s case, unless it is in the interests of justice not to do so (by virtue of section 59 of the Sentencing Code). Whilst there is a high bar ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-12-16/100765
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1864653
- uk · wq-1864653 · source updated 23 December 2025