Question follow-through · 43818
Sentencing Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will conduct a review into the effectiveness of the Sentencing Council.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 3 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 11 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will conduct a review into the effectiveness of the Sentencing Council.
7 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Apr 2025
Answer published
The proper role of the Sentencing Council, and the process for making guidelines, must be considered further and in greater depth. The Lord Chancellor has committed to reviewing the role and powers of the Council over the coming months.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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