A summary of the responses received to the third annual consultation on miscellaneous amendments to sentencing guidelines, and details of all guidelines affected.

• Fraud – amending the Fraud guideline to address perceptions that non-financial impact is not given sufficient weight and to cater for situations where there is no or minimal pecuniary loss
• Fly-tipping – amending the Individuals: Unauthorised or harmful deposit, treatment or disposal etc of waste/ Illegal discharges to air, land and water guideline to give greater emphasis to community orders over fines
• Equality and diversity in sentencing – amending or adding mitigating factors and the associated expanded explanations to address issues relating to:

• • Remorse
  • Good character and/or exemplary conduct
  • Determination and/or demonstration of steps having been taken to address addiction or offending behaviour
  • Age and/or lack of maturity
  • New factors: Difficult and/or deprived background or personal circumstances and Prospects of or in work, training or education
  • New factor: Pregnancy and maternity

• Manslaughter – changes relating to:

• • strangulation, suffocation or asphyxiation
  • coercive or controlling behaviour

Response to consultation – pdf
Response to consultation – hmtl
About the consultation