Oral QuestionScotland Office

“What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the financial settlement for Scotland. ”

Tabled: 16 January 2024Answered: 24 January 2024

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Scotland

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Alex Davies-Jones)

We will implement the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, which lays a good foundation for ensuring that victims know the rights they should receive under the code and that agencies are held accountable for delivering them. We will consult on the revised victims code early next year, and we will go further by increasing the Victims’ Commissioner’s powers so that there is more accountability for delivering the code.