Question follow-through · 122053
Offences against Children: Sentencing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of current sentencing guidelines for individuals convicted of grooming and coercing children as part of criminal drug activities.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 18 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 24 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of current sentencing guidelines for individuals convicted of grooming and coercing children as part of criminal drug activities.
23 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Mar 2026
Answer published
Sentencing guidelines are developed by the Sentencing Council, in fulfilment of its statutory duty to do so. In 2021, the Council issued a comprehensive package of revised sentencing guidelines for drugs offences. The guidelines include an aggravating fac...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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