Written questions

Slavery: Victims

Commons · Question 17817 · Tabled 4 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 10 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Sarah Champion

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral contribution of the then Minister of State in her Department during the Ninth sitting of the Public Bill Committee on the Victims and Prisoners Bill on 4 July 2023, Official Report colu

Answer

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones, 10 Dec 2024

The duty to collaborate, as set out in sections 13-14 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, will, once in force, require local policing bodies, local authorities and integrated care boards to collaborate when commissioning services for victims of domesti...