Oral Question·Ministry of Justice
“If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 22 May 2025Answered: 3 June 2025
Asked by
Victoria Collins
Liberal Democrat — Harpenden and Berkhamsted
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Justice
Answer from Hansard
Sarah Sackman
The Ministry of Justice currently provides free sentencing remarks for victims of murder and manslaughter. As of last month, we have made permanent our pilot to provide those sentencing remarks to victims of rape. The hon. Lady will understand that providing full transcriptions is a costly exercise, which is why we are undertaking testing of artificial intelligence to make transcripts available in future in a lower-cost and timely manner.