Question follow-through · 33634
Aiding and Abetting: Prison Sentences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average sentencing is for people convicted of joint enterprise.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 25 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 3 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
25 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average sentencing is for people convicted of joint enterprise.
27 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Mar 2025
Answer published
Joint enterprise is not a specific criminal offence. It is a common law doctrine which can apply in situations where two or more individuals have a common purpose to commit a criminal offence. No data is therefore available on either the average sentence ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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