Minutes of meeting: 24 January 2025

The Independent Sentencing Review 2024-25 was set up to make a comprehensive re-evaluation of the sentencing framework of England and Wales. The independent review panel, chaired by former Justice Secretary, the Rt Hon David Gauke, is expected to submit its findings in Spring 2025.

The Sentencing Council’s annual report documents the Council’s achievements of the year 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 in the context of the objectives set in our five-year strategy

The Sentencing Council business plan 2024/25 sets out the work the Council aims to undertake in the year to March 2023 to meet our statutory objectives and the objectives we set ourselves in our five-year strategy.