Magistrates: Sentencing
(asked on 9th October 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to enable magistrates to imprison offenders for up to 12 months.
This question was answered on 23rd October 2017
The Government has no immediate plans to increase the custodial sentencing powers of magistrates but will continue to monitor the position to ensure we provide magistrates with appropriate and proportionate powers to deal with the cases that come before them.