Activity to date
2024/25
| 19/02/2025 | Aggravated vehicle taking, disqualification and other motoring related matters guidelines published |
| 12/02/2025 | Blackmail, kidnap and false imprisonment offences consultation opens |
| 22/01/2025 | Hare coursing offences consultation opens |
| 17/12/2024 | Strangulation and suffocation offences guideline published |
| 11/09/2024 | Ancillary orders consultation opens |
| 10/09/2024 | Fourteenth Annual Report published |
| 04/09/2024 | Miscellaneous amendments to sentencing guidelines 2024 consultation opens |
| 22/05/2024 | Aggravated vehicle taking, disqualification and other motoring related matters consultation closes |
| 01/04/2024 | Miscellaneous amendments to sentencing guidelines 2023 changes come into force |
2023/24
| 20/03/2024 | Immigration offences consultation opens |
| 15/03/2024 | Non-fatal strangulation and suffocation offences consultation opens |
| 06/03/2024 | Aggravating and mitigating factors and their expanded explanations research published |
| 21/02/2024 | Aggravated vehicle taking, disqualification and other motoring related matters consultation opens |
| 31/01/2024 | Blackmail, kidnap and false imprisonment offences consultation opens |
| 29/11/2023 | Revised Imposition of community and custodial sentences consultation opens |
| 01/10/2023 | Perverting the course of justice and witness intimidation guidelines come into force |
| 07/09/2023 | Miscellaneous amendments to sentencing guidelines 2023 consultation opens |
| 12/07/2023 | Perverting the course of justice and witness intimidation offences guidelines published |
| 12/07/2023 | Thirteenth Annual Report published |
| 15/06/2023 | Motoring offences guidelines published |
| 01/06/2023 | Revised Totality guideline published |
| 10/05/2023 | Animal cruelty offences guidelines published |
2022/23
| 07/03/2023 | Revised child cruelty offences guidelines published |
| 15/02/2023 | Underage sale of knives guidelines published |
| 11/02/2023 | Revised Totality consultation closes |
| 30/11/2022 | Miscellaneous amendments to sentencing guideline 2022 consultation closes |
| 27/10/2022 | Revised child cruelty offences consultation closes |
| 05/10/2022 | Revised Totality consultation opens |
| 07/09/2022 | Miscellaneous amendments to sentencing guidelines 2022 consultation opens |
| 04/08/2022 | Revised child cruelty offences consultation opens |
| 27/07/2022 | Revised terrorism offences guidelines published |
| 20/07/2022 | Twelfth Annual Report published |
| 07/07/2022 | Motoring offences consultation opens |
| 01/07/2022 | Revised burglary offences guidelines come into force |
| 01/07/2022 | Revised sexual offences guidelines come into force |
| 22/06/2022 | Perverting the course of justice and witness intimidation offences consultation closes |
| 01/06/2022 | Underage sale of knives consultation opens |
| 19/05/2022 | Revised burglary offences guidelines published |
| 17/05/2022 | Revised sexual offences guidelines published |
| 10/05/2022 | Animal cruelty offences consultation opens |
2021/22
| 30/03/2022 | Perverting the course of justice and witness intimidation offences consultation opens |
| 11/01/2022 | Revised terrorism offences consultation closes |
| 01/01/2022 | Firearms importation guidelines come into force |
| 02/12/2021 | Miscellaneous amendments to sentencing guidelines consultation closes |
| 24/11/2021 | Firearms importation guidelines published |
| 20/10/2021 | Revised terrorism offences consultation opens |
| 01/10/2021 | Unauthorised use of a trademark guidelines come into force |
| 09/09/2021 | Miscellaneous amendments to sentencing guidelines consultation opens |
| 08/09/2021 | Firearms importation offences consultation closes |
| 01/09/2021 | Revised burglary offences consultation closes |
| 13/08/2021 | Revised sexual offences consultation closes |
| 12/08/2021 | Modern slavery offences guidelines published |
| 05/08/2021 | Unauthorised use of a trademark guidelines published |
| 21/07/2021 | Eleventh Annual Report published |
| 01/07/2021 | Assault offences and attempted murder guidelines come into force |
| 17/06/2021 | Firearms importation offences consultation opens |
| 09/06/2021 | Revised burglary offences consultation opens |
| 27/05/2021 | Revised assault offences and attempted murder guidelines published |
| 13/05/2021 | Revised sexual offences consultation opens |
| 01/04/2021 | Revised drug offences guidelines come into force |
2020/21
| 27/01/2022 | Drug offences revised guidelines published |
| 01/01/2022 | Firearms offences guidelines come into force |
| 09/12/2020 | Firearms offences guidelines published |
| 14/10/2020 | Modern slavery offences consultation opens |
| 01/10/2020 | Sentencing offenders with mental disorders, behavioural disorders or neurological impairments overarching guideline comes into force |
| 01/10/2020 | Changes to the Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines and associated explanatory materials come into force |
| 30/09/2020 | Unauthorised use of a trade mark consultation closes |
| 15/09/2020 | Assault offences consultation closes |
| 09/09/2020 | What next for the Sentencing Council? consultation closes |
| 21/07/2020 | Sentencing offenders with mental disorders, behavioural disorders or neurological impairments overarching guideline published |
| 14/07/2020 | Tenth Annual Report published |
| 07/07/2020 | Unauthorised use of a trade mark consultation opens |
| 07/05/2020 | Drug offences consultation closes |
| 15/04/2020 | Assault offences consultation opens |
| 15/04/2020 | Changes to the Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines and associated explanatory materials consultation closes |
2019/20
| 10/03/2020 | What next for the Sentencing Council? consultation opens |
| 22/01/2020 | Changes to the Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines and associated explanatory materials consultation opens |
| 15/01/2020 | Drug offences consultation opens |
| 14/01/2020 | Firearms consultation closes |
| 01/01/2020 | Public order guideline comes into force |
| 03/12/2019 | Terrorism offences consultation closes |
| 22/10/2019 | Terrorism offences consultation opens |
| 16/10/2019 | Public order guideline published |
| 09/10/2019 | Firearms consultation opens |
| 01/10/2019 | General guideline comes into force |
| 01/10/2019 | Arson and criminal damage guideline comes into force |
| 24/07/2019 | General guideline published |
| 11/07/2019 | Ninth Annual Report published |
| 09/07/2019 | Sentencing offenders with mental health conditions or disorders consultation closes |
| 03/07/2019 | Arson and criminal damage guideline published |
| 23/05/2019 | Expanded explanations consultation closes |
| 09/04/2019 | Sentencing offenders with mental health conditions or disorders consultation opens |
2018/19
| 28/02/2019 | Expanded explanations consultation opens |
| 01/01/2019 | Child cruelty guideline comes into force |
| 01/11/2018 | Manslaughter guideline comes into force |
| 01/10/2018 | Intimidatory offences guideline comes into force |
| 01/10/2018 | Breach offences guideline comes into force |
| 11/09/2018 | General guideline consultation closes |
| 06/09/2018 | Child cruelty guideline published |
| 31/07/2018 | Manslaughter guideline published |
| 20/07/2018 | Eighth Annual Report published |
| 05/07/2018 | Intimidatory offences guideline published |
| 26/06/2018 | Arson and criminal damage consultation closes |
| 19/06/2018 | General guideline consultation opens |
| 07/06/2018 | Breach offences guideline published |
| 01/06/2018 | Bladed articles and offensive weapons guideline comes in to force |
| 24/05/2018 | Domestic abuse overarching guideline comes into force |
| 09/05/2018 | Public order consultation opens |
| 27/04/2018 | Terrorism offences guideline comes into force |
2017/18
| 28/03/2018 | Terrorism offences guideline published |
| 27/03/2018 | Arson and criminal damage consultation opens |
| 01/03/2018 | Bladed articles and offensive weapons guideline published |
| 22/02/2018 | Domestic abuse overarching guideline published |
| 22/11/2017 | Terrorism offences consultation closes |
| 07/11/2017 | Seventh Annual Report published |
| 12/10/2017 | Terrorism offences consultation opens |
| 10/10/2017 | Manslaughter consultation closes |
| 13/09/2017 | Child cruelty consultation closes |
| 13/06/2017 | Child cruelty consultation opens |
| 04/07/2017 | Manslaughter consultation opens |
| 30/06/2017 | Intimidatory offences and domestic abuse consultation closes |
2016/17
| 30/03/2017 | Intimidatory offences and domestic abuse consultation opens |
| 07/03/2017 | Sentencing children and young people guideline published |
| 07/03/2017 | Reduction in sentence for a guilty plea guideline published |
| 01/02/2017 | Imposition of community and custodial sentences guideline comes into force |
| 25/01/2017 | Breach guideline consultation closes |
| 24/01/2017 | New Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines published |
| 06/01/2017 | Bladed articles and offensive weapons guideline consultation closes |
| 03/11/2016 | Sixth Annual Report |
| 25/10/2016 | Breach guideline consultation opens |
| 25/10/2016 | Imposition of community and custodial sentences guideline published |
| 06/10/2016 | Bladed articles and offensive weapons guideline consultation opens |
| 11/08/2016 | Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines consultation closes |
| 03/08/2016 | Sentencing of youths consultation closes |
| 01/07/2016 | Dangerous dog offences definitive guideline comes into force |
| 19/05/2016 | Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines consultation published |
| 12/05/2016 | Sentencing of youths consultation published |
| 01/04/2016 | Robbery definitive guideline comes into force |
2015/16
| 17/03/2016 | Dangerous dog offences definitive guideline published |
| 25/02/2016 | Imposition of community and custodial sentences consultation closes |
| 11/02/2016 | Reduction in sentence for a guilty plea consultation published |
| 28/01/2016 | Robbery definitive guideline published |
| 14/01/2016 | Imposition of community and custodial sentences consultation published |
| 10/12/2015 | Allocation guideline published |
| 03/11/2015 | Health and safety offences, corporate manslaughter and food safety and hygiene offences definitive guideline published |
| 22/10/2015 | Fifth Annual Report |
| 06/10/2015 | Theft offences definitive guideline published |
| 31/07/2015 | Allocation consultation closes |
| 19/06/2015 | Allocation consultation opens |
| 09/06/2015 | Dangerous dog offences consultation closes |
2014/15
| 17/03/2015 | Dangerous dog offences consultation opens |
| 18/02/2015 | Health and safety offences, corporate manslaughter and food safety and hygiene offences consultation closes |
| 23/01/2015 | Robbery consultation closes |
| 13/11/2014 | Health and safety offences, corporate manslaughter and food safety and hygiene offences consultation opens |
| 21/10/2014 | Fourth Annual Report |
| 21/10/2014 | Robbery consultation opens |
| 01/10/2014 | Fraud, bribery and money laundering offences definitive guideline comes into force |
| 01/07/2014 | Environmental offences definitive guideline comes into force |
| 26/06/2014 | Theft offences consultation closes |
| 23/05/2014 | Fraud, bribery and money laundering offences guideline published |
| 03/04/2014 | Theft offences consultation opens |
| 01/04/2014 | Sexual offences definitive guideline comes into force |
2013/14
| 26/02/2014 | Environmental offences definitive guideline published |
| 31/01/2014 | Corporate fraud definitive guideline published |
| 12/12/2013 | Sexual offences definitive guideline published |
| 11/07/2013 | Third Annual Report |
| 27/06/2013 | Fraud, bribery and money laundering offences consultation opens |
| 06/06/2013 | Environmental offences consultation closes |
2012/13
| 01/10/2012 | Update to Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines published |
| 06/12/2012 | Sexual offences consultation opens |
| 10/07/2012 | Second Annual Report |
| 15/05/2012 | Dangerous dog offences definitive guideline published |
| 20/08/2012 | Dangerous dog offences definitive guideline comes into force |
| 11/06/2012 | Allocation, Offences taken into consideration and Totality guideline comes into force |
2011/12
| 08/03/2012 | Dangerous dog offences consultation closes |
| 06/03/2012 | Allocation, Offences taken into consideration and Totality definitive guideline |
| 16/01/2012 | Burglary offences definitive guideline published |
| 12/01/2012 | Drug offences definitive guideline published |
| 15/12/2011 | Dangerous dog offences consultation opens |
| 08/12/2011 | Allocation, Offences taken into consideration and Totality consultation closes |
| 18/10/2011 | First Annual Report |
| 13/10/2011 | Burglary offences definitive guideline published |
| 15/09/2011 | Allocation, Offences taken into consideration and Totality consultation opens |
| 04/08/2011 | Burglary offences consultation closes |
| 20/06/2011 | Drug offences consultation closes |
| 13/06/2011 | Assault guideline comes into force |
| 12/05/2011 | Burglary offences consultation opens |
2010/2011
| 28/03/2011 | Drug offences consultation opens |
| 16/03/2011 | Definitive guideline on assault published |
| 05/01/2011 | Assault consultation closes |
| 13/10/2010 | Assault consultation opens |
| 06/04/2010 | Sentencing Council comes into being |