Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 82304

Rape: Criminal Proceedings

Tabled: 15 October 2025
Answered: 22 October 2025

Question

Helen Grant

ConservativeMaidstone and Malling

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his planned timetable is for the operation of specialist courts to fast-track rape cases.

Answer

Alex Davies-Jones
This Government is committed to improving victims’ experience of the justice system. We commissioned Sir Brian Leveson to propose bold and ambitious measures to deliver swifter justice for victims, including for victims of sexual violence, in his Independ...

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