Stephen Hammond – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Hammond on 2016-03-21.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of non-custodial sentences for knife crime offenders on the rate of reoffending.

Dominic Raab

We have made no assessment of the effect of non-custodial sentences on the rate of reoffending for those convicted of knife crimes. Sentencing is entirely a matter for our independent judiciary based on all the facts of each case.