Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 41267

Intimate Image Abuse: Prosecutions

Tabled: 25 March 2025

Answered: 31 March 2025

Named Day

Question

Kirith Entwistle

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending time limits for prosecuting summary-only offences involving the taking of intimate images without consent to be brought into line with thos

Answer

Alex Davies-Jones

We have tabled a Government amendment to the offence of creating a purported intimate image at clause 135 of the Data (Use and Access) Bill. This will extend the time limit in a similar way to the offence at section 127(1) of the Communications Act 2003, ...

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