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Sentencing Council for England and Wales

Asked by Mr Peter BedfordConservativeMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 4 April 2025UIN 41261

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the potential savings to the public purse of abolishing the Sentencing Council for England and Wales.

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin

The budget allocated to the Sentencing Council for 2024/25 is £1.92 million. The savings of abolishing any public body would though depend on a number of factors e.g. wind-up costs, and we do not have a detailed assessment of these factors in relation to the Sentencing Council.

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