Effective from: 01 April 2025
Care should be taken to avoid double counting factors including those already taken into account in assessing culpability or harm
Where the offence was motivated by circumstances arising out of exceptional and immediate financial hardship, this may be relevant to the offender’s responsibility for the offence.
This factor may apply independently of or in conjunction with the wider factor of ‘Difficult and/or deprived background or personal circumstances’