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Sentencing

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 12 January 2026UIN 102642

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for which offence types departures from sentencing guidelines on the grounds of the interests of justice occur most frequently.

Answered by Jake Richards

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

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