Meetings
On this page you can find all the agendas, minutes and public papers for meetings of the Scottish Sentencing Council since it was established in September 2015.
Council meetings take place at least 4 times per year.
Our standing orders state that minutes of meetings will be published in draft form no later than 15 working days after a meeting, and will be tabled at the next meeting for approval. Agendas and appropriate meeting papers will also be published alongside draft minutes, within 15 working days of a meeting. Once approved, minutes will be published in final form.
At the start of each meeting, we will decide which of the meeting papers are appropriate for publication. For example, as detailed in the standing orders, papers which provide legal advice, contain documents in draft, or contain information submitted to the Council in confidence will not be published.
Please click here to find out about the various committees of the Council.
05 December 2025
The 39th meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council will take place on Friday 05 December 2025.
03 October 2025
The 38th meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council will take place on Friday 03 October 2025.
06 June 2025
The 37th meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council will take place on Friday 06 June 2025.
21 March 2025
The 36th meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on Friday 21 March 2025.
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Paper 3.1A Recent Engagement Activity Paper 6.1A Correspondence, Complaints, And FOISA Report06 December 2024
The 35th meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on Friday 6 December 2024. The meeting was preceded by a fact-finding visit to the Orchard Clinic and Islay Centre at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital and a discussion with Dr Jo Brown, the Clinical Director of the Orchard Clinic, and Dr Ganesan Rajagopal, the Clinical Director of the Intellectual (Learning) Disability Service in NHS Lothian. The visit and discussion provided an opportunity for the Council to learn more about the services provided for offenders with mental health issues or intellectual disability, building on research and engagement carried out across 2023 and 2024, which resulted in two recent publications: Judicial perspectives of mental health and sentencing which presents the findings of research undertaken by the Council in late 2023 and early 2024 with members of the judiciary; and Mental health, neurodivergence, and learning disability in sentencing, which summarises discussions at a stakeholder conference the Council held in August 2024.
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Paper 4.1A Recent Engagement Activity Paper 7.4A Correspondence, Complaints, And FOISA Report04 October 2024
The 34th meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on Friday 4 October 2024.
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Paper 4.1A Recent Engagement Activity Paper 7.4A Correspondence, Complaints, And FOISA Report07 June 2024
The 33rd meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on Friday 7 June 2024.
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Paper 4.2A - Recent engagement activity Paper 7.1A - Correspondence, complaints, and FOISA report22 March 2024
The 32nd meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on Friday 22 March 2024.
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Paper 3.2A Recent Engagement Activity Paper 6.1A Correspondence, Complaints, And FOISA Report08 December 2023
The 31st meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on Friday 8 December 2023 at Police Scotland Headquarters, Tulliallan Castle.
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Paper 3.2A Recent Engagement Activity Paper 6.3A Correspondence, Complaints, And FOISA Report06 October 2023
The 30th meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on Friday 6 October in Edinburgh.
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Paper 6.3A Correspondence, Complaints, And FOISA Report09 June 2023
The 29th meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on Friday 9 June in Edinburgh.
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Paper 72A Correspondence Complaints And Foisa Report24 March 2023
The 28th meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on Friday 24 March in Edinburgh.
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Paper 61A Correspondence Complaints And Foisa Report - March 2309 December 2022
The 27th meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on Friday 9 December.
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Paper 63A Correspondence Complaints And Foisa Report30 September 2022
The 26th meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on Friday 30 September in Edinburgh.
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Paper 61A Correspondence Complaints And Foisa Report10 June 2022
The 25th meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on Friday 10 June in Edinburgh.
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Paper 62A Correspondence Complaints And Foisa Report18 March 2022
The 24th meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on Friday 18 March in Edinburgh.
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paper-61a-correspondence-complaints-and-foisa-report.pdf (1)03 December 2021
The 23rd meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on Friday 3 December at the Risk Management Authority, Paisley.
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paper-63a-correspondence-complaints-and-foisa-report.pdf08 October 2021
The 22nd meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on Friday 8 October at the Radisson Blu, Edinburgh.
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paper-72a-correspondence-complaints-and-foisa-report.pdf11 June 2021
The 21st meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on Friday 11 June by video conference.
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paper-61a-correspondence-complaints-and-foisa-report.pdf29 March 2021
The 20th meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on Friday 19 March by video conference.
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paper-21d-sentencing-process-act-of-adjournal.pdf paper-62a-correspondence-complaints-and-foisa-report.pdf11 December 2020
The nineteenth meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on 11 December 2020 by video conference.
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paper-62a-records-management-plan.pdf paper-63a-correspondence-complaints-and-foisa-report.pdf09 October 2020
The eighteenth meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on 09 October 2020 by video conference.
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paper-31c-sentencing-young-people-draft-guideline.pdf paper-51a-correspondence-complaints-and-foisa-report.pdf05 June 2020
The eighteenth meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council was due to take place on Friday 05 June 2020. As a precaution and in light of challenges around the COVID-19 outbreak, this meeting was cancelled.
20 March 2020
The eighteenth meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council was due to take place on Friday 20 March 2020. As a precaution and in light of challenges around the COVID-19 outbreak, this meeting was cancelled.
06 December 2019
The seventeenth meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on 06 December 2019 at the Tribunals Centre, Glasgow.
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paper-72a-records-management-plan.pdf paper-74b-correspondence-complaints-and-foisa-report.pdf03 October 2019
The sixteenth meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on 03 October 2019 at HMP Edinburgh
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paper-42a-public-perceptions-of-sentencing-report.pdf paper-71b-correspondence-complaints-and-foisa-report.pdf02 May 2019
The fifteenth meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on 02 May 2019, at Parliament House, Edinburgh.
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paper-71a-correspondence-complaints-and-foisa-report.pdf01 March 2019
The fourteenth meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on 01 March 2019, at Parliament House, Edinburgh.
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paper-51c-guide-to-information-as-revised-february-2019.pdf paper-52b-correspondence-complaints-and-foisa-report.pdf10 December 2018
The thirteenth meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on 10 December 2018, at the Scottish Crime Campus, Gartcosh.
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paper-62b-expenses-scheme-for-members.pdf paper-63b-correspondence-complaints-and-foisa-report.pdf (1)03 September 2018
The twelfth meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on 03 September 2018, at Parliament House, Edinburgh.
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paper-63b-correspondence-complaints-and-foisa-report.pdf11 June 2018
The eleventh meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on 11 June 2018, at Parliament House, Edinburgh
05 March 2018
The tenth meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on 05 March 2018, at Parliament House, Edinburgh
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paper-53-correspondence-complaints-and-foisa-report.pdf (2)11 December 2017
The ninth meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on 11 December 2017, at Dundee Sheriff Court, West Bell Street, Dundee.
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paper-54-correspondence-complaints-and-foisa-report.pdf22 September 2017
The eighth meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on 22 September 2017, at Parliament House, Edinburgh.
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paper-53-correspondence-complaints-and-foisa-report.pdf (1)06 June 2017
The seventh meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on 06 June 2017, at Parliament House, Edinburgh.
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paper-53-correspondence-complaints-and-foisa-report.pdf06 March 2017
The sixth meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on 06 March 2017, at Parliament House, Edinburgh.
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paper-42-correspondence-complaints-and-foisa-report.pdf paper-51-standing-orders.pdf12 December 2016
The fifth meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on 12 December 2016, at Airdrie Sheriff Court, Graham Street, Airdrie.
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paper-14-standing-orders.pdf paper-32-guideline-methodology-amendments-to-the-sentencing-process.pdf paper-41-research-committee-update.pdf paper-41a-paper-to-research-ctee-literature-review-and-yo-project.pdf paper-52-correspondence-complaints-and-foisa-report.pdf14 September 2016
The fourth meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on 14 September 2016 at Parliament House, Edinburgh.
20 June 2016
The third meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on 20 June 2016 in Parliament House, Edinburgh.
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paper-26-nasc-conference.pdf paper-26a-2016-nasc-annual-conference-draft-agenda.pdf07 March 2016
The second meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on 07 March 2016 in Parliament House, Edinburgh.
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paper-41a-sg-consultation-paper-on-a-criminal-offence-of-domestic-abuse.pdf14 December 2015
The first meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council took place on 14 December 2015 in Parliament House, Edinburgh.