Part 4Sentencing
Chapter 1Sentencing Council for England and Wales
Other functions of the Council
I1130Resources: effect of sentencing practice
1
The annual report for a financial year must contain a sentencing factors report.
2
A sentencing factors report is an assessment made by the Council, using the information available to it, of the effect which any changes in the sentencing practice of courts are having or are likely to have on each of the following—
a
the resources required for the provision of prison places;
b
the resources required for probation provision;
c
the resources required for the provision of youth justice services.