questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has consulted victims' groups and charities on potential reforms to sentencing guidelines for child sexual offences.
answerText: Sentencing guidelines are developed by the independent Sentencing Council for England and Wales, in fulfilment of its statutory duty to do so.The Council is independent of Parliament and Government. As an independent body, the Council decides on its own p...
heading: Offences against Children: Sentencing