Sexual Offences: Crown Court
Commons · Question 34612 · Tabled 28 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by 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
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones, 10 Mar 2025
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...