Found: Amendments to the Sentencing Act 2020, introduced via the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022

Found: To move the following Clause— “Aggravating factor: hostility to the democratic process In the Sentencing Act

Found: To move the following Clause— “Aggravating factor: hostility to the democratic process In the Sentencing Act

Found: identify the purpose(s) of sentencing before requesting pre-sentence reports, and under the Sentencing Act

Found: discussions you have had with the MoJ about the implications of the Sentencing Bill, soon to be the Sentencing Act

Found: looking for another contractor to deal with the extra numbers that will come as a result of the Sentencing Act

Found: 1974 currently stands, never become spent – those serving offences listed in Schedule 18 of the Sentencing Act

Found: Cases Review Commission Correspondence from the Lord Chancellor, dated 28 June 2025 The Sentencing Act

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of creating a criminal offence of assaulting a public transport worker.

Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

There is no place for abuse or assault of any worker. Public transport workers and the wider public should be assured that where offenders commit acts of violence they will be arrested and brought before the courts quickly and that the British Transport Police have a specific remit to protect all rail staff and passengers.

Public transport workers do of course already have extensive protection in existing legislation such as the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 which also covers more serious violence such as actual bodily harm (ABH) and grievous bodily harm (GBH), and courts must already consider offences against public facing workers as an aggravating factor under the Police Crime and Sentencing Act 2022. We therefore do not believe that creating a specific offence will have the intended purpose of reducing assaults.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to work to reduce instances of crime against animals.

Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The Government has taken steps to reduce crime against animals. We have provided over £800,000 in additional funding to the National Wildlife Crime Unit and the National Rural Crime Unit to strengthen enforcement against offences such as poaching and illegal wildlife trade. There are strong penalties in place for offences committed against wildlife and kept animals. For kept animals we have Penalty Notices for Animal Health and Welfare Offences, giving enforcement bodies a proportionate tool for lower-level breaches. For serious animal welfare offences courts can now impose up to five years’ imprisonment for the most serious cruelty offences under the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act. These measures improve deterrence and ensure justice.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment has been made of the adequacy of legal protections for public transport workers who have been assaulted in the workplace.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

Following the horrific attack on the 18:25 LNER Doncaster to London service on the 1st November, my Department are working with British Transport Police (BTP) and the rail industry to understand if any immediate interventions are required. The heroic efforts of rail staff meant that further harm was avoided and undoubtedly saved lives.

There is no place for abuse or assault of any worker. Public transport workers and the wider public should be assured that where offenders commit acts of violence they will be arrested and brought before the courts quickly and that the British Transport Police have a specific remit to protect all rail staff and passengers.

Public transport workers do of course already have extensive protection in existing legislation such as the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 which also covers more serious violence such as actual bodily harm (ABH) and grievous bodily harm (GBH), and courts must already consider offences against public facing workers as an aggravating factor under the Police Crime and Sentencing Act 2022.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to help tackle animal beatings in Cambridgeshire.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

Enforcement of animal welfare standards is primarily delivered through the powers available under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, which makes it an offence to cause any animal unnecessary suffering or to fail to provide for its welfare.

The Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021 amended the Animal Welfare Act 2006 to increase the sentences available to our courts for the most serious cases of animal cruelty. Anyone who is cruel to an animal face being sent to prison for up to five years, or receiving an unlimited fine, or both.

Local authorities have powers under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 to intervene where an animal is suspected to be suffering on any land, public or private.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the Vet Times's article entitled Animal beating reported ‘once every 15 minutes’ – RSPCA, published on 22 August 2025.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

Cruelty to animals is unacceptable. The Government keeps animal welfare policy under review and is committed to ensuring that animals are protected from unnecessary suffering.

Enforcement of animal welfare standards is primarily delivered through the powers available under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, which makes it an offence to cause any animal unnecessary suffering or to fail to provide for its welfare.

The Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021 amended the Animal Welfare Act 2006 to increase the sentences available to our courts for the most serious cases of animal cruelty. Anyone who is cruel to an animal faces being sent to prison for up to five years, or receiving an unlimited fine, or both.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the legal (a) sale and (b) possession of catapults on animal welfare.

Answered by Mary Creagh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 protects all wild birds and some wild animals in England and Wales. While it does not specifically include catapults in the list of weapons that must not be used to kill wildlife, it is still illegal to deliberately attempt to kill, injure, or harm protected species, whether by using a catapult or any other harm-causing device. There are a range of other offences found in further legislation to protect wildlife from cruelty such as the Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996. Where pets and livestock are concerned, it is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 to cause an animal any unnecessary suffering. The Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021 increased the sentences available for the most serious cases of animal cruelty by increasing the maximum penalty for this offence to 5 years’ imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine.

The Government takes crimes against animals seriously. While Defra is keeping the law in this area under review, existing powers are already available for the police to tackle the misuse of catapults and there are therefore no current plans for further assessment of the legal (a) sale and (b) possession of catapults.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to address the use of catapults in causing suffering to (a) pets and (b) wild mammals.

Answered by Mary Creagh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 protects all wild birds and some wild animals in England and Wales. While it does not specifically include catapults in the list of weapons that must not be used to kill wildlife, it is still illegal to deliberately attempt to kill, injure, or harm protected species, whether by using a catapult or any other harm-causing device. There are a range of other offences found in further legislation to protect wildlife from cruelty such as the Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996. Where pets and livestock are concerned, it is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 to cause an animal any unnecessary suffering. The Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021 increased the sentences available for the most serious cases of animal cruelty by increasing the maximum penalty for this offence to 5 years’ imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine.

The Government takes crimes against animals seriously. While Defra is keeping the law in this area under review, existing powers are already available for the police to tackle the misuse of catapults and there are therefore no current plans for further assessment of the legal (a) sale and (b) possession of catapults.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has any plans to review the regulation of catapults in relation to animal welfare concerns.

Answered by Mary Creagh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 protects all wild birds and some wild animals in England and Wales. While it does not specifically include catapults in the list of weapons that must not be used to kill wildlife, it is still illegal to deliberately attempt to kill, injure, or harm protected species, whether by using a catapult or any other harm-causing device. There are a range of other offences found in further legislation to protect wildlife from cruelty such as the Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996. Where pets and livestock are concerned, it is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 to cause an animal any unnecessary suffering. The Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021 increased the sentences available for the most serious cases of animal cruelty by increasing the maximum penalty for this offence to 5 years’ imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine.

The Government takes crimes against animals seriously. While Defra is keeping the law in this area under review, existing powers are already available for the police to tackle the misuse of catapults and there are therefore no current plans for further assessment of the legal (a) sale and (b) possession of catapults.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of legislation for (a) deterring and (b) prosecuting people who attack (i) wildlife and (ii) livestock with catapults; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to help tackle this.

Answered by Mary Creagh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 protects all wild birds and some wild animals in England and Wales. While it does not specifically include catapults in the list of weapons that must not be used to kill wildlife, it is still illegal to deliberately attempt to kill, injure, or harm protected species. There are a range of other offences found in further legislation to protect wildlife from cruelty such as the Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996. Where livestock is concerned, it is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 to cause an animal any unnecessary suffering. The Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021 increased the sentences available for the most serious cases of animal cruelty by increasing the maximum penalty for this offence to 5 years’ imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine.

The Government takes crimes against animals seriously but there is already sufficient legislation in place which protects them from targeted use of catapults. Defra therefore has no current plans to take further steps to tackle the use of catapults and nor does the Home Office have plans to change the law to make a catapult a specified prohibited weapon.

Found: Sentencing Act 2020 (Special Procedures for Community and Suspended Sentence Orders) (Amendment) Regulations

Found: Sentencing Act 20206.  

Found: Section 17(5)(b)(i) (enforcement) was amended by the Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), Schedule 24, paragraph

Found: Act 1999(17)24.9Section 16K(1) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980(18)24.11Section 52(4) of the Sentencing Act

Found: Clauses 1 and 2 would introduce these measures by inserting new sections 41A and 41B into the Sentencing Act

Found: do this by amending the Sentencing Code, which is the statutory term for parts 2 to 13 of the Sentencing Act

The Government should make misogyny a hate crime by amending the Sentencing Act, introduce tougher laws for online abuse, train police and prosecutors, funding support for survivors in education, and tackle anti-feminist hate groups that target and radicalise young people online.

Found: The Government should make misogyny a hate crime by amending the Sentencing Act, introduce tougher laws

Found: do this by amending the Sentencing Code, which is the statutory term for parts 2 to 13 of the Sentencing Act

Found: where perpetrated by grooming gangs.54 In February 2022, the IICSA recommended amending the Sentencing Act

Found: The five purposes of sentencing are set out in section 57 of the Sentencing Act 2020 (referred to as

Found: 10(b) the offender is convicted of the offence on or after the day on which section 1 of the Sentencing Act

Found: (b) the offender is convicted of the offence on or after the day on which section 1 of the Sentencing Act

Found: standard recall will be available. 2e: National Security offences To amend Schedule 13 to the Sentencing Act

Found: Bill contain measures relating to consequential provision and powers to state the effect in the Sentencing Act

Found: to consequential provision and powers to state the effect of commencement provisions in the Sentencing Act

Found: In the Sentencing Code included in the Sentencing Act 2020, it is provided that a “community order

Found: Sentencing Act 2020 91 20 In section 379(1) of the Sentencing Act 2020 (other behaviour orders etc)

Found: staged rollout of its solutions to allow the service to cope with increases in demand from the Sentencing Act

Found: For the purposes of section 44A(5) of the Police, Crime and Sentencing Act 2022, the specified counselling

Found: For the purposes of section 44A(5) of the Police, Crime and Sentencing Act 2022, the specified counselling

Found: Amendments to the Sentencing Act 2020, introduced by the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022

Found: I. 2019/15 14 , the Co un te r -Terrorism and Sentencing Act 202 1 (c. I I ) , S.

Found: for children on Youth Rehabilitation Orders (YROs) who meet the custody threshold under the Sentencing Act

Found: Sentencing Act 2020 6.

Found: Sentencing Act 2020 6.

Found: standard recall will be available. 2e: National Security offences To amend Schedule 13 to the Sentencing Act

Found: which are determined by the court to have a foreign power connection under section 69A of the Sentencing Act

Found: Since 2023/24, figures also include searches under section 342E of the Sentencing Act 2020 and section

Found: England and WalesTable 7Offender outcomes for repeat possession offences under Section 315 of the Sentencing Act

Found: note that it is not possible to replicate published figures on cases under Section 315 of the Sentencing Act

Found: Justice and Public Order Act 1994, section 44/47A of the Terrorism Act 2000, section 342E of the Sentencing Act

Found: Minimum custodial sentences The Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 introduced minimum

Found: protection of children act 1978 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 criminal justice act 1988 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 sentencing act

Found: act 1978 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 criminal justice act 1988 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 sentencing act

Found: note that it is not possible to replicate published figures on cases under Section 315 of the Sentencing Act

Found: England and WalesTable 7Offender outcomes for repeat possession offences under Section 315 of the Sentencing Act

Found: Standards and Compliance Unit Annual Report: 2024 to 2025, April 2025. 248 Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act

Found: date of the sentence or order class A drug trafficking offence) Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act

Found: date of the sentence or order class A drug trafficking offence) Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act

Found: for children on Youth Rehabilitation Orders (YROs) who meet the custody threshold under the Sentencing Act

Found: date of the sentence or order class A drug trafficking offence) Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act

Found: date of the sentence or order class A drug trafficking offence) Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act

Found: recommendations, the majority of which have been implemented, including via the Counter- Terrorism and Sentencing Act

Found: International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. 408 Following the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act

Found: International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. 408 Following the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act

Found: Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021, Part 1 (domestic abuse protection orders) • Sentencing Act

Found: Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021, Part 1 (domestic abuse protection orders) • Sentencing Act

Found: 2023 at 12.00) 2 Words substituted by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 33) and Sentencing Act

Found: Scotland) Act 1995; (g) a sentence of detention under section 91 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act

Found: Rather by virtue of s.278 of the Sentencing Act 2020 the judge was obliged to extend the licence period

Found: Sentencing Act 20206.  

Found: for children on Youth Rehabilitation Orders (YROs) who meet the custody threshold under the Sentencing Act

Found: of deprivation orders relating to intimate image offences under the Armed Forces Act 2006 and Sentencing Act

Found: limited to, The Prison Rules 1999, Criminal Justice Act 2003, Offender Management Act 2007 and Sentencing Act

Found: Standards and Compliance Unit Annual Report: 2024 to 2025, April 2025. 248 Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act