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Magistrates' Courts: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the unduly lenient sentence scheme to cases sentenced in the Magistrates’ Court.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
14 Oct 2024
Target answer date
16 Oct 2024
Answer
21 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the unduly lenient sentence scheme to cases sentenced in the Magistrates’ Court.

  2. 16 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The Unduly Lenient Sentence (ULS) scheme operates in respect of qualifying sentences passed in the Crown Court, where the offender has been convicted of: (a) an indictable only offence (such as murder, manslaughter and rape); and/or (b) certain either-way...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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