Part 4Sentencing
Chapter 1Sentencing Council for England and Wales
Other functions of the Council
I1131Resources: effect of factors not related to sentencing
1
The annual report for a financial year must contain a non-sentencing factors report.
2
The Council may, at any other time, provide the Lord Chancellor with a non-sentencing factors report, and may publish that report.
3
A non-sentencing factors report is a report by the Council of any significant quantitative effect (or any significant change in quantitative effect) which non-sentencing factors are having or are likely to have on the resources needed or available for giving effect to sentences imposed by courts in England and Wales.
4
Non-sentencing factors are factors which do not relate to the sentencing practice of the courts, and include—
a
the recalling of persons to prison;
b
breaches of orders within subsection (5);
c
patterns of re-offending;
d
decisions or recommendations for release made by the Parole Board;
e
the early release under discretionary powers of persons detained in prison;
f
the remanding of persons in custody.
5
The orders within this subsection are—
a
community orders (within F1the meaning given by section 200 of the Sentencing Code),
b
suspended sentence orders (within F2the meaning given by section 286 of that Code), and
c
youth rehabilitation orders (within F3the meaning given by section 173 of that Code).