Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 105949

Sexual Offences: Law Reporting

Tabled: 14 January 2026

Answered: 20 January 2026

Question

Gideon Amos

Liberal Democrat — Taunton and Wellington

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what communications and outreach strategies the Department is implementing to inform victims, legal representatives, and support organisations about their eligibility and the future availability of free sentencin

Answer

Alex Davies-Jones

In May 2025, we announced that we would continue to enable victims of rape and other sexual offences, whose cases were heard in the Crown Court, to apply for free transcripts of the sentencing remarks in their case, on an on-going basis. This followed a o...

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