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Consultation on motoring offences sentencing guidelines
The Council is consulting on 12 new and revised sentencing guidelines for offenders convicted of motoring offences in England and Wales.
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Publication of the motoring offences statistical bulletin
The Sentencing Council has published a statistical bulletin and data tables, explaining current sentencing practice for motoring offences.
This is in preparation for the launch of ...
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Drug offences: data release pre-announcement
On 29 July 2022, the Council will be publishing data collected from magistrates’ courts covering the factors taken into account when sentencing adult offenders for ...
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The Council's business plan 2022/23 and meeting our strategic objectives
We have published our business plan 2022/23 setting out the work the Council will undertake in the coming year to meet our statutory objectives and ...
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Consultation for sentencing guidelines for underage sale of knives published
The Sentencing Council has published two draft sentencing guidelines for sentencing retailers convicted of selling knives to children under 18 in England and Wales.
The two ...
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Draft sentencing guidelines for underage sale of knives published
Draft sentencing guidelines for sentencing retailers including large organisations and individual shop owners convicted of selling knives to children in England and Wales were published ...
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Publication of the sale of knives etc to persons under 18 statistical bulletin
The Sentencing Council has published a statistical bulletin and data tables, explaining current sentencing practice for the offence of sale of knives etc to persons ...
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Sentencing Council welcomes new judicial member
District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) Stephen Leake has been appointed to the Sentencing Council by the Lord Chief Justice, with the agreement of the Lord Chancellor.
Stephen ...
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Burglary offences: new sentencing guidelines published
Revised sentencing guidelines for domestic, non-domestic and aggravated burglary offences in England and Wales, which come into effect on 1 July 2022, were published today ...
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Revised sentencing guidelines for burglary offences published
The Sentencing Council has published updated sentencing guidelines for domestic, non-domestic and aggravated burglary offences in England and Wales following consultation.
The revised guidelines follow the ...