As part of its tenth anniversary year, the Council undertook to investigate its impact in three key areas, and this involved conducting analytical projects on the following topics:

• Estimating the changes in sentencing severity and requirements for prison places associated with the Sentencing Council’s guidelines
• A review of consistency in sentencing, plus analysis investigating the impact of three specific guidelines on consistency of approach to sentencing
• Attitudes to sentencing guidelines: views from the judiciary

Four reports will be published, summarising the findings from these projects.

Release date: 11 August 2021 (9:30am)