Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 34612

Sexual Offences: Crown Court

Tabled: 28 February 2025

Answered: 10 March 2025

Question

Sarah Champion

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February 2025 to Question 29896 on Sexual Offences: Crown Court, what plans her Department has to evaluate the pilot scheme for victims of rape and sexual offences.

Answer

Alex Davies-Jones

Since May 2024, the Ministry of Justice has been running a one-year pilot to enable 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. An assessment of the pi...

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