Question follow-through · 15958

Sentencing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure proportionate and consistent sentencing.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body: Ministry of Justice
Tabled: 6 Jul 2026
Target answer date: 8 Jul 2026
Answer: 14 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

6 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure proportionate and consistent sentencing.
8 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jul 2026
Answer published
In England and Wales, sentencing guidelines, developed by the independent Sentencing Council, are a key means of ensuring consistency and transparency in sentencing.All sentencing courts in England and Wales must follow any sentencing guidelines which are...

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