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This document fulfils the Scottish Sentencing Council’s statutory duty to provide an assessment of the costs and benefits to which the implementation of a guideline is likely to give rise, and an assessment of the likely impact of the guideline on the criminal justice system in general.

The High Court of Justiciary has approved a new sentencing guideline developed by the Scottish Sentencing Council, covering the statutory offences of causing death by driving. This guideline applies to all offenders who are convicted of a statutory offence of causing death by driving and are sentenced on or after Tuesday 16 January 2024.

The Scottish Sentencing Council's 2022-23 Annual Report was submitted to the Scottish Ministers on 24 October 2023 and laid before the Scottish Parliament on 25 October 2023.

Independent analysis of responses to the Scottish Sentencing Council's public consultation on the draft death by driving guideline by Alison Platts and Dawn Griesbach.

This report sets out the Council’s views on some of the most common matters raised during the public consultation exercise on the draft death by driving guideline and gives an indication of how the guideline submitted to the High Court will differ as a result.