Magistrates' Courts: Sentencing
(asked on 26th April 2021) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of increasing the sentencing powers of Magistrates in accordance with Section 154 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 on the number of outstanding cases at Crown Courts.
This question was answered on 29th April 2021
The government keeps this policy under review, but an assessment of the impact on outstanding cases at the Crown Court cannot be made available at this time.