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Sentencing

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 12 January 2026UIN 102640

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times sentencing courts have departed from sentencing guidelines on the basis of the interests of justice in each of the last three years.

Answered by Jake Richards

The data necessary to answer these questions is not held centrally by the Ministry of Justice.

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