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Written question asked by Andy Slaughter (Labour) on Monday, 7 September 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 10 September 2015 (named day). It was answered by Andrew Selous (Conservative) on Thursday, 10 September 2015 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Euthanasia: Sentencing

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average sentence for the offence of assisted suicide is for each year since 2009.

Answer

The number of offenders sentenced at all courts, by type of sentence and custodial sentence length band, for the offence of encouraging or assisting suicide or attempted suicide, in England and Wales, for the period 2009 to 2014, is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/428943/cjs-outcomes-by-offence-data-tool.xls

Select the offence “76 Aiding Suicide” to present information on offenders sentenced at all courts for this offence.

The Ministry of Justice does not publish the average custodial sentence length in circumstances where the number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody is too small to give a meaningful average – specifically when there are fewer than five offenders.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
9328
Session
2015-16
Transferred
Yes
Subjects
Euthanasia Sentencing
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk