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Publication  —  Definitive guideline - archive  —  7 March 2017

This guideline applies regardless of the date of the offence to all individual offenders aged 18 and older and to organisations in cases where the first hearing is on or after 1 June 2017. The guideline applies equally in magistrates’ courts and the Crown Court.

Publication  —  Consultations  —  7 March 2017

A summary of the responses received to the consultation paper on reduction in sentence for a guilty plea.

Publication  —  Resource assessment  —  7 March 2017

A resource assessment for the definitive reduction in sentence for a guilty plea guideline.

Publication  —  Research report  —  7 March 2017

Research to support the development of the reduction in sentence for a guilty plea guideline.

Publication  —  Consultations  —  11 February 2016

A consultation paper on the reduction in sentence for a guilty plea. Closes 5 May 2016.

Publication  —  Research report  —  13 May 2011

Research into public attitudes to guilty plea sentence reductions was conducted on behalf of the Sentencing Council for England and Wales by Ipsos MORI.

Publication  —  Definitive guideline - archive  —  20 July 2007

Definitive sentencing guideline for use in courts in England and Wales that provides guidance to sentencers on the reduction in sentence for a guilty plea, for cases where the first hearing was before 1^st June 2017.