Publications
All information published by the Council, including the Council's business plans and annual reports, can be accessed on this page.
Further details about the classes of information published by the Council, and how to access that information, are available in the Guide to information published by the Scottish Sentencing Council.
Revised standing orders - December 2025 (357kb)
Revised standing orders of the Scottish Sentencing Council as approved at the Council's meeting in December 2025.
Guide to information - December 2025 (265kb)
A guide to the information published by the Scottish Sentencing Council and how to access it.
Unacceptable actions policy (163kb)
Revised unacceptable actions policy of the Scottish Sentencing Council.
Rape of a young child sentencing guideline impact assessment (782kb)
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.