Correspondence

Government response to Law Commission report on the Sentencing Code

Today (28 April 2020) the government has published its final response to the Law Commission’s Report on the Sentencing Code.

• From: Ministry of Justice
• Published: 22 May 2019
• Last updated: 28 April 2020 — See all updates

Documents

Robert Buckland QC to Penney Lewis letter (27 April 2020): Sentencing code: government's final response

PDF, 241 KB, 5 pages

David Gauke to David Ormerod letter (21 May 2019): Sentencing code: government's interim response

PDF, 204 KB, 1 page

Details

The Law Commission published its report on the Sentencing Code in November 2018 alongside a draft Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Bill, an essential paving measure for the Sentencing Code, and a draft Sentencing Bill, which will create the Sentencing Code.

In its interim response to the Report, published in May 2019, the government accepted the main recommendation of the Report to enact both pieces of legislation.

The final response to the report, published in April 2020, sets out the government’s consideration of the further recommendations for the reform of sentencing law that are set out in the report.

Published 22 May 2019
Last updated 28 April 2020 + show all updates

1. 28 April 2020

   Final government response published.

2. 22 May 2019

   First published.