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Sexual Offences: Law Reporting

Commons · Question 49014 · Tabled 29 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 8 May 2025

Question

Asked by Sarah Olney

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have signed up to her Department's pilot programme to provide free sentencing remarks to victims of rape and sexual offences.

Answer

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones, 8 May 2025

In May 2024, the Ministry of Justice launched a pilot to enable victims of rape and sexual offences, whose cases are heard at the Crown Court, to request a copy of the judge’s sentencing remarks for free. Between May 2024 and 25 April 2025, HM Courts &amp...