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Commons · Question 54380 · Tabled 22 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Charlotte Nichols
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress her Department is making on reducing the (a) cost and (b) time to taken to produce court transcripts for victims who request them.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Sackman, 2 Jun 2025
Bereaved families of victims of murder, manslaughter and fatal road offences can request a free transcript of the judge’s sentencing remarks. On 22 May we announced that, following the conclusion of a one-year pilot at the end of May, we are continuing th...