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Sentencing Council for England and Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the potential savings to the public purse of abolishing the Sentencing Council for England and Wales.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
25 Mar 2025
Target answer date
28 Mar 2025
Answer
4 Apr 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the potential savings to the public purse of abolishing the Sentencing Council for England and Wales.

  2. 28 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The budget allocated to the Sentencing Council for 2024/25 is £1.92 million. The savings of abolishing any public body would though depend on a number of factors e.g. wind-up costs, and we do not have a detailed assessment of these factors in relation to ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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