Alex Chalk – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alex Chalk on 2016-05-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to review the length of maximum sentence for animal cruelty offences.

Dominic Raab

We keep maximum penalties under review. This includes sentencing trends, and whether the courts may be finding their sentencing powers inadequate.

Data on the average sentence length for animal cruelty can be found in the Outcomes by offence table at the attached link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014

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