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Sentencing Council

Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned about sentencing guidelines from the Sentencing Council that meant fewer people would be imprisoned for assault, the PMS said that the Sentencing Council was an independent body and it was responsible for setting out sentencing guidelines. Those guidelines were a point of departure for the judiciary, and it was for courts and judges to set out punishments for individual cases.

Asked if the Prime Minister was happy for those who had been convicted of assault not to go to jail, the PMS said that any assault was a serious offence and tough punishments needed to be available to courts to deal with offenders effectively.

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