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These documents relate to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
In-scope offences: Taken from section 1 and 2 of Schedule 15 of the…
1. Responsibility for setting licence conditions: The current legislation…
1. The following sets out the Government’s assessment, under the Public…
The Right Honourable Robert Buckland QC MP Lord Chancellor & Secretary of…
Philip Davies MP House of Commons SW1A 0AA MoJ ref: 89274 9 July 2021 Dear…
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP Steve Reed MP House of Commons London, SW1A 0AA 22…
Purpose of Document 1. This equality analysis has been undertaken to…
This Equality Statement (ES) relates to the sentencing, release, probation…
This document sets out the commencement dates of the provisions of the…
The government has tabled further amendments to the Police, Crime,…
Factsheets giving details of the different measures contained in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.
What are we going to do? Back our police by equipping officers with the…
What are we going to do? Video remand hearings in police stations We will…
In the recent White Paper ‘A Smarter Approach to Sentencing’, the…
Increasing the maximum penalty for criminal damage of less than £5,000 to…
1. What has the Government done to improve practice around the extraction…
1. What has been introduced? The Act allows for a requirement to be placed…
It is clear that there is huge support for [the IPP] amendment … around…
The Law Commission concluded in its ‘Hate Crime Laws: Final Report (PDF,…
1. What are we going to do? We will give the police three new powers to…
1. What are we going to do? The Act widens the range of situations in…
This White Paper sets out the government’s proposals for important changes to the sentencing and release framework in England and Wales.
The Sentencing Bill consolidates existing sentencing legislation in England and Wales into a new Sentencing Code.
The Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Bill ensures that terrorist offenders are not released before the end of their custodial term without agreement of the Parole Board.
The Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Bill paves the way for the introduction of the Sentencing Code – a consolidation of sentencing procedure.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
We need to make sure that sentences are more effective at punishing offenders and repairing the harm caused to victims.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
The aim of the guideline is to address the need for improved guidance and remove inconsistencies in sentencing, including the levels of fines being given.
Proposals for more effective punishment, rehabilitation and sentencing of offenders.
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