Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 29896

Sexual Offences: Crown Court

Tabled: 7 February 2025
Answered: 17 February 2025

Question

Sarah Champion

LabourRotherham

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2025 to Question 24854 on Sexual Offences: Crown Court, whether judges have been informed of the one-year pilot scheme.

Answer

Sarah Sackman
Since 28 May 2024, the Ministry of Justice has been running a one-year pilot for victims of rape and sexual offences, whose cases were heard at the Crown Court, to request a copy of the judge’s sentencing remarks free of charge.The judiciary were informed...

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