Consultation Responses - Sentencing Academy

Consultation Responses

All the latest consultation responses from the Sentencing Academy

Response to Sentencing Council consultation on the Imposition guideline (2026)

September 2026
Response to the call for evidence on homicide law

October 2025
Response to the Independent Sentencing Review Call for Evidence

January 2025
Response to Sentencing Council consultation on the Imposition guideline (2024)

February 2024
Response to Ministry of Justice consultation on Murder Sentencing

February 2024
Response to Sentencing Council consultation on Miscellaneous Amendments to Sentencing Guidelines

November 2023
Response to Sentencing Council consultation on the Totality guideline

January 2023
Response to consultation on the Perverting the Course of Justice and Witness Intimidation Guideline

June 2022
Response to Sentencing Council consultation on the firearms importation offences guideline

September 2021
Responses to Sentencing Council consultations on sexual offences guideline and burglary offences

August 2021
Response to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

March 2021
Response to the Sentencing Council’s modern slavery offences consultation

January 2021

Did you know?

The average custodial sentence length in 2025 was

20

months. The average length of a Suspended Sentence Order was 18 months, and that of a Community Order was 14 months. info