Written questions

Sexual Offences: Crown Court

Commons · Question 38994 · Tabled 18 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 27 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Sarah Champion

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2025 to Question 36655, on Sexual Offences: Crown Court, what further action her Department plans to take after 28 May 2025, when the pilot scheme will have operated for one yea

Answer

Answered by Sarah Sackman, 27 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.The Ministry of Justice ...