A question on #Sentencing tabled by Nick Timothy on 25-03-2025 has been answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin.

Heading: Sentencing
Question ID: 1788285
UIN: 41171
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-25
Asking Member ID: 5062
Asking Member display name: Nick Timothy
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of sentences given in (a) magistrates’ courts and (b) crown courts were less than 60% of the statutory maximum length in the latest period for which data is available.
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Date answered: 2025-04-02
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4056
Answering Member display name: Sir Nicholas Dakin
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Answering Member Twitter reference: Sir Nicholas Dakin
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Answer text: The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of offenders sentenced at criminal courts in England and Wales in the following links. This includes the information on sentence outcomes, including grouped custodial sentence lengths and average senten...
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Answering body ID: 54
Answering body name: Ministry of Justice
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