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Offence specific data collections
The Council conducts targeted and bespoke data collections in magistrates’ courts and the Crown Court to gather detailed sentencing information to support guideline development and ...
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PUBLICATION – Consultations –
Firearms offences: Response to consultation
A summary of the responses received to the consultation paper on the sentencing of firearms offences.
MCSG UPDATES –
New guidelines on firearms offences – 1 January 2021
Definitive sentencing guidelines for the sentencing of firearms offences were published on 9 December 2020 and the online sentencing guidelines now contains these in a ...
PUBLICATION – Resource assessment –
Firearms Offences: Final resource assessment
A resource assessment for the definitive Firearms offences guidelines.
NEWS –
Sentencing guidelines for firearms offences published
Today, the Council is launching eight new sentencing guidelines to be used by the Crown Court and magistrates’ courts in England and Wales when sentencing ...
PRESS RELEASES –
New sentencing guidelines for firearms offences published
Eight new guidelines for sentencing offenders convicted of firearms offences ranging from the unlawful possession of weapons to manufacturing illegal guns have been published by ...
NEWS –
Publication of Firearms offences data tables
The Sentencing Council has published data tables detailing recent sentencing trends for firearms offences. This is in preparation for the launch of the Council’s Firearms ...
PUBLICATION – Statistical bulletin –
Firearms Offences: Data tables
Data tables showing current sentencing practice to accompany the definitive Firearms offences guidelines, and a note detailing some additional tables that are being included for the first time.
ARTICLES AND BLOG POSTS –
The Sentencing Council: Reflections on its 10th anniversary
To mark the 10th anniversary of the Sentencing Council in April 2020, the Chairman of the Council, Lord Justice Holroyde, published an article looking back ...
NEWS –
Sentencing Code comes into force
The Sentencing Code comes into effect today in England and Wales, consolidating existing sentencing procedure law into a single Act. Chairman Lord Justice Holroyde said: