Sexual Offences: Law Reporting
Commons · Question 49016 · 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, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of expanding the pilot programme to provide to victims of rape and sexual offences on request a free copy of judges’ sentencing remarks to all victims of crime
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 &...