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UIN 122647

Magistrates: Sentencing

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answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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10 February 2022

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21 February 2022 · Answer

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21 February 2022

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish his Department's impact assessment of the effect of increasing magistrates' sentencing powers on (a) sentence lengths and (b) prison numbers.

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  1. 10 February 2022

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish his Department's impact assessment of the effect of increasing magistrates' sentencing powers on (a) sentence lengths and (b) prison numbers.

    Source: Commons

  2. 21 February 2022

    Answer

    An impact assessment and equality impact assessment have been published for the Judicial Review and Courts Bill, which covers the clause to vary the limit of magistrates’ courts sentencing powers between 6 and 12 months. This can be found here Judicial Re...

    Source: Written answer

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