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The definitive guidelines for sentencing health and safety offences, corporate manslaughter and food safety and hygiene offences were published on 3 November 2015 and came ...

What is a sentence?

A sentence is the punishment a judge or magistrate decides should be given to someone who has been convicted of a crime.

It ...

You be the Judge belongs to the Ministry of Justice and is no longer available. The Sentencing Council is considering the possibility of developing a ...

The definitive guidelines on robbery offences were issued on 28 January 2016 and came into force on 1 April 2016.

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 encourages public authorities to make as much information as possible available to the public proactively. Under the Act, ...

What are cookies?

A cookie is a piece of data stored on your computer, mobile phone or tablet when you visit a website. It’s stored within ...

Using the Sentencing Council website

The Sentencing Council website is maintained for your personal use and viewing. Access and use by you of this site constitutes ...

Court of Appeal

There have been judicially created sentencing guidelines in England and Wales for over 25 years. From the early 1980s the Court of Appeal ...

Annual report

The Council is required by statute to provide the Lord Chancellor with a report on how we have fulfilled our statutory functions during the ...