The Sentencing Council’s 11th annual report and Lord Justice Holroyde’s third as Chairman. The report documents the Council’s achievements of the year 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021, which include:

• Publishing four sets of definitive guidelines, all of which have come into effect:
• Overarching principles for sentencing offenders with mental disorders, developmental disorders or neurological impairments;
• Revisions to the magistrates’ courts sentencing guidelines and allied explanatory materials;
• Firearms offences; and
• Drug offences.
• Holding consultations on guidelines for sentencing:
• Assault and attempted murder;
• Modern slavery; and
• Unauthorised use of trademarks.