Question follow-through · 36135
Pre-sentence Reports
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will overrule changes to sentencing guidance which will place greater emphasis on pre-sentence reports.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 6 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 14 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will overrule changes to sentencing guidance which will place greater emphasis on pre-sentence reports.
10 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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14 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Sentencing Council has issued new guidance which the last Government was consulted on between November 2023 and February 2024, and then publicly welcomed.The Lord Chancellor has been clear that these guidelines do not represent this government’s views...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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