United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 96723
Crown Court: Sentencing
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3 December 2025
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10 December 2025 · Answer
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10 December 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the maximum sentence will be that a judge could impose on a convicted person when tried under the proposed new swift courts within the Crown Court.
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3 December 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the maximum sentence will be that a judge could impose on a convicted person when tried under the proposed new swift courts within the Crown Court.
Source: Commons
10 December 2025
Answer
The new ‘swift courts’ will operate within the existing Crown Court which means the same procedures in the Crown Court will apply, apart from mode of trial. Judges will assign triable-either-ways cases to the new Crown Court Bench Division where the likel...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-12-03/96723
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1859845
- uk · wq-1859845 · source updated 10 December 2025