We welcome the Sentencing Academy’s work reviewing the terminology of sentencing and we look forward to its findings. We encourage the Government to work with Sentencing Council and the judiciary to explore whether sentencing terminology can be simplified and made more accessible. The example set by the judiciary in the Netherlands and their project ‘plain language’ provides a useful model of how this could be done.

We welcome the Sentencing Academy’s work reviewing the terminology of sentencing and we look forward to its findings. We encourage the Government to work with Sentencing Council and the judiciary to explore whether sentencing terminology can be simplified and made more accessible. The example set by the judiciary in the Netherlands and their project ‘plain language’ provides a useful model of how this could be done. Type: conclusion | Number: 2 | Paragraph: 30 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: 59. We share the objective of having sentencing terminology that is accessible and comprehensible to the public. We recognise the importance of ensuring that we are using clear and simple language that is easily understandable by the public. This could involve, for example, avoiding unnecessary jarg