To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the merits of commencing Section 151 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 to allow courts to use community orders instead of fines for low-level offences by repeat offenders.
Answered on
18 June 2018
There are no current plans to commence Section 151 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003. Section 143(2) of that Act requires courts to treat previous convictions as an aggravating factor when sentencing.
Answered by
Ministry of Justice