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Discharges
Discharges are given for the least-serious offences such as very minor thefts.
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Sentencing Council consults on future direction
The Sentencing Council has launched a public consultation to determine its future direction, balancing its priorities against limited resources. The consultation, which has now been ...
PUBLICATION – Minutes –
Minutes of meeting: March 2020
Minutes of the Sentencing Council meeting on 6 March 2020.
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Sentencing children and young people
Children and young people between the ages of 10 and 17 years old are treated differently from adults by the courts. They are usually dealt ...
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Official statistics pre-announcement: Assessment of the 2017 update to the Magistrates' Court Sentencing Guidelines
This report will contain findings from an assessment of the impact on sentences of the 2017 update to the Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines.
Release date: 24th ...
PUBLICATION – Minutes –
Minutes of meeting: January 2020
Minutes of the Sentencing Council meeting on 31 January 2020.
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Proposals for changes to driving disqualification guidelines published
Proposals to provide more guidance to courts in England and Wales for sentencing drivers who claim exceptional hardship when facing disqualification were launched today in ...
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Changes to sentencing guidelines for driving offences disqualifications proposed
The Sentencing Council has launched a public consultation on proposed revisions to sentencing guidelines for driving offences disqualifications, breach of community orders and clarifications to ...
PUBLICATION – Consultations –
Changes to the Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines and associated explanatory materials: Consultation
A consultation paper on changes to the Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines and associated explanatory materials. Closed 15 April 2020.
OFFENCES
Fraudulent evasion of a prohibition by bringing into or taking out of the UK a controlled drug - for consultation only
Draft guideline for consultation only. Draft guidelines should not be taken into account when sentencing.
Where no offence-specific guideline exists, refer to General guideline: ...