Question follow-through · 80867
Animal Welfare: Sentencing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to review the sentencing guidelines for animal abuse.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 20 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to review the sentencing guidelines for animal abuse.
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Oct 2025
Answer published
Sentencing guidelines are developed and reviewed by the Sentencing Council for England and Wales, in fulfilment of its statutory duty to do so.In July 2023, the Council issued guidelines on animal cruelty, which provide the Court with guidance on factors ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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