Written Question·Home Office·UIN 65041

Sexual Offences: Victim Support Schemes

Tabled: 4 July 2025
Answered: 9 July 2025
Named Day

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

LabourClapham and Brixton Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that survivors of sexual assault are (a) kept informed of the progress of cases and (b) provided with appropriate (i) safeguarding and (ii) support.

Answer

Jess Phillips
We expect sexual violence to be treated seriously by all police forces from the point of disclosure, every victim to be treated with dignity and every investigation and prosecution to be conducted thoroughly and professionally.Baroness Casey’s 2023 review...

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