questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made with the devolved Administrations of the level of public confidence in the consistency and fairness of sentencing decisions across the UK, including in cases involving social media-related offences and serious criminal offences; and whether his Department plans to review the potential impact of sentencing outcomes on public confidence in the criminal justice system.
answerText: Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for the independent courts. In England and Wales, courts sentence offenders within the framework set by Parliament and in accordance with guidelines issued by the independent Sentencing Council. Those guidelines ...
heading: Sentencing