Prison Sentences
(asked on 29th October 2024) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent guidance her Department has provided to the judiciary on the use of custodial sentences in the context of prison capacity.
This question was answered on 6th November 2024
Sentencing decisions are a matter for the independent judiciary, and judges are able to take into account a range of factors when handing down sentences.