United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 46697
Offences against Children: Sentencing
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22 April 2025
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30 April 2025 · Answer
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30 April 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will ask the Sentencing Council to increase custodial sentences for people convicted of procuring child abuse images.
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22 April 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will ask the Sentencing Council to increase custodial sentences for people convicted of procuring child abuse images.
Source: Commons
30 April 2025
Answer
The maximum sentences available for criminal offences are set by Parliament and, for possession of indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of a child, the maximum sentence is 5 years’ imprisonment. For distributing, making or taking indecent photograph...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-04-22/46697
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1795484
- uk · wq-1795484 · source updated 30 April 2025