Written questions

Sexual Offences: Crown Court

Commons · Question 29895 · Tabled 7 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 17 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Sarah Champion

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2025 to Question 24854 on Sexual Offences: Crown Court, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of displaying information of the one-year pilot scheme in courts

Answer

Answered by Sarah Sackman, 17 Feb 2025

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...