United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 100766
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 whether the discretion for courts to depart from sentencing guidelines in the interests of justice affects the (a) consistency and (b) effectiveness of sentencing outcomes.
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16 December 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of whether the discretion for courts to depart from sentencing guidelines in the interests of justice affects the (a) consistency and (b) effectiveness of sentencing outcomes.
Source: Commons
23 December 2025
Answer
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/2025-12-16/100766
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1864654
- uk · wq-1864654 · source updated 23 December 2025