Offences against Children: Sentencing

(asked on 13th January 2026) - View Source

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Solicitor General, what discussions she is having with the Ministry of Justice on expanding the Unduly Lenient Sentencing Scheme to include victims of technology-assisted child sexual abuse.


Answered by
Ellie Reeves Portrait
Ellie Reeves
Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
This question was answered on 20th January 2026

The Protection of Children Act 1978 already includes ‘pseudo’ images of children within the definition of indecent images. Therefore, any sexualised images of children produced by AI will already be covered by the legislation surrounding indecent images, and consequently already fall within ULS scheme.

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