Question follow-through · 62028
Homicide: Young Offenders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to review the Sentencing Council's remit on young offenders convicted of (a) murder and (b) manslaughter.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 23 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 2 Jul 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to review the Sentencing Council's remit on young offenders convicted of (a) murder and (b) manslaughter.
30 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Government has no current plans to ask the Council to consider reviewing the guidelines in relation to this cohort.The law is clear that those who commit murder as children must receive a life sentence. There is no mandatory sentence for a child convi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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