Question follow-through · 21680
Offences against Children: Sentencing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to make being (a) the leader of and (b) involved in a grooming gang a statutory aggravating factor during sentencing.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 3 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 8 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
3 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to make being (a) the leader of and (b) involved in a grooming gang a statutory aggravating factor during sentencing.
8 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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8 Jan 2025
Answer published
Child sexual abuse and exploitation are the most vile and horrific of crimes - involving rape, violence, coercive control, intimidation, manipulation, and deep long-term harm.That is why this Government is determined to act – strengthening the law, taking...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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